It might be a drive-in event or a social distance-minded, student-only ceremony that is live-streamed for families and friends.
Photographs might be taken in front of green screens that allow school officials to be digitally inserted next to students to avoid unnecessary contact.
But Wayne County Superintendent Dr. Michael Dunsmore said the local school district will hold graduations this summer.
“We are going to do something,” he told members of the school board Monday evening. “Hopefully, things will ease up a little bit as we get into June … but there will be some form of graduation.”
Dunsmore’s comments came after WCPS communications and public relations director Ken Derksen told the board that he serves on a state committee that has discussed high school graduations at length.
He said given Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent closure of schools for the remainder of the academic year, just what graduation ceremonies would look like remains unclear. In the meantime, all eyes have shifted to other states and how they handle upcoming ceremonies — and whether or not the example they set will prompt Cooper to offer guidelines on how local school districts can proceed.
“We’re looking at strategies that are currently being put into place in other states,” Derksen said. “We’re going to do the best we can … and we want our families to know that graduations will happen.”
You have to be kidding me!!!! You guys are a joke just like Gov Cooper!!!! Wake up and realize this is overplayed but I guess it’s not of your a Liberal Democrats!!!!! Our kids deserve more than a drive by virtual graduation ceremony. We expect better out of you but I guess that’s hard to do when your wanting to do what you think is right!!!!!!!
They work hard no drive thru this is from the devil
No drive thru graduation . They deserve better than that. Have a real graduation for them !!!!!
The class of 2020 has completed everything ask if them to make this far. My child deserves better than a drive thru or virtual graduation,
This is ridiculous! How many of these “leaders” have a 2020 graduate? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!
These students have had the rug ripped out from under them! We are literally mourning a senior school year! No recognition of awards, prom, senior athlete nights, and now graduation! Wake up!!!
Imagine how upset everyone would be if the school superintendent was hell bent on closing Edgewood and their child went there.