HOT SPRINGS – Students from the Fountain Lake special education class learned how to travel the city using public transit during a field trip on Tuesday, April 22. The goal of their field trip, which included a trip to the mall, library and a restaurant, was to learn life skills that promote independent living and facilitate the transition into adulthood.
Front row, from left (in wheelchairs): Students Luz Garcia, Colton Gross and Sadie Garrard. Back row, from left, Fountain Lake staff member Charles Stovall, student Tyler Waggoner, Fountain Lake staff members Elizabeth Lambert and Jody Crumpton, students Bobby Fox, Hanna Crowson, Fountain lake teacher Leslie Faulkner, student Elizabeth Welch, and Hot Springs Intracity Transit employees Alex Gallegos and Nathan Lane.