Parents and students are revolting against canceled graduations, and in some schools, they're getting results.
still encouraging social distancing, butThe Arizona Department of Health Services recommended on Monday"that mass gatherings are not held at this time."
Attendees should not touch their eyes, nose or mouth and should use hand sanitizer after leaving the event. They should also wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds upon returning home.Major Arizona school districtsChandler Unified, the second-largest school district in the state, wrote to families on May 5 that the district is working on a plan to hold graduation ceremonies at each high school"while still adhering to the recommended CDC guidelines.
One superintendent in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially resisted the idea of a virtual graduation because it made the emotional event seem so impersonal. "We are also still hanging on to July 26 in hopes that we can do something in person," Ertl said this week."So much is changing. To cancel that date right now doesn't make sense to me."People in at least nine school districts across Arizona have started Change.org petitions to hold in-person graduation ceremonies."There are ways we can make this happen," one of the students in the video said."We deserve a graduation.
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