Shown, from left, are Rao’s stepfather Chance Allison, her siblings Kennedy Allison and Tucker Allison, Shawnee Mayor Ed Bolt, Rao, her English teacher Heather DeShazer, SMS Principal Keely Tolin and her mother Leah Allison. The group attended the 2022 Congress of the Mayors to support Rao. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEAH ALLISON
Elisabeth Slay Shawnee News-Star USA TODAY NETWORK Shawnee Middle School eighth grader Eliana Rao read her second place essay in the “If I Were Mayor”…
