Colleen Spain’s 8-week-old puppy will be in training this next year so that he can be a therapy dog at Willow School in Homewood for the 2024-25 school year.
The District 153 school board, at its Aug. 14 meeting, accepted Spain’s proposal to have Walter, her Labrador Retriever, at the pre-kindergarten through second grade school. She will be the dog’s primary handler, but she has lined up two other teachers to help her during the…
