“Really sad and mad at the same time... We wanted to see this, and we just didn't.”

— David Shew, third-grader , Sunflower Elementary

“I'm kind of sad because I've never seen one before and I thought I'd never get to see one until I'm older. ”

— Evan Zelvy , third-grader, Sunflower Elementary

“I think it was kind of lame that the eclipse did not show up for us. I think Mother Nature didn't want us to see it, but it's nice that people saw it outside of Lawrence. ”

— Violet Thompson, fourth-grader, Sunflower Elementary

“Sad... (Reports) said we were gonna get 97 percent — like almost a total eclipse — and nothing happened. ”

— Lane Palmer, third-grader, Sunflower Elementary

“I kind of wish we would've seen it, but in our class we streamed it live, so we got to see that, at least.”

— Jocelyn Wilson, fifth-grader, Sunflower Elementary

“Sad, because we didn't get to see it at all. ”

— Easton Graves, third-grader, Sunflower Elementary