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Show Open letter Parent writes of views on graduation exercises Dear Principal Bartlett and faculty: I would like to take time to tell you how beautiful Thursday's Thurs-day's g r a d uation exercises were. They showed a lot of planning and time by the faculty. fac-ulty. I'm sure many parents, as myself, would like to thank you and all the other teachers in the past thirteen years of my daughter's school life for helping her complete her schooling. As my daughter walked down that long aisle and across the stage to receive her diploma, all 13 of those school years went through my mind. That first day of school that every last curl was in place, and then graduation night. It just seemed seem-ed like yesterday when this all started. I'm sure every mother in town with a graduating son or daughter helped them get ready right up to 6:30 p.m., even though they were old 1 enough to do it , themselves. That left us about one hour to get ready and hurry to the school to find seats. Now a graduation is a big event in a family. Friends and relatives come with gifts. It takes time to get a family fed, get the house tidyed up for the visitors, get the graduate up to school early, and then get yourself there. We made it 30 minutes early, only to find the auditorium filled to capacity and many standing along the wall until chairs were supplied them. We did find a seat on the fourth row from the back. As I sat and looked around, I wasn't the only parent of a graduate there. In fact, the last six rows were filled with parents of graduating students, while the front section was occupied oc-cupied by students, friends, and relatives. In the past, the front section has always been reserved for parents. To me, every parent wore a gold cord around his neck, just as the high honor students did. I think a place should always be reserved for the parents, to make that night one of the most memorable of their lives. They should have front seats whether they are there two hours early or ten minutes before be-fore it starts. It took thirteen years of sacrifice to earn those seats, so Principal Bartlett and faculty, please remember this in the future. To the new PTA officers of next year, it would be a wonderful won-derful project, with the okay of your principal, to buy a beautiful gold rope to mark the section in the front for parents of graduating students in the future. Sincerely, A Parent |