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Graduation Outrage

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Sandi Banfalvy
10 years ago

Unbelievable! This is not middle school, these kids have worked hard to get where they are, give them the recognition they deserve!

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Caroline Davis
10 years ago

Those who have earned honors should be recognized according to their merit.

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Thomas James
10 years ago

Give these kids some motivation!! Don't take that away!

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Jerry Anderson
10 years ago

Another example of Cleveland's administration gone haywire.

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Ciara Sanders
10 years ago

I was in the first graduating class from Cleveland in 2013. It is an incredible achievement and these students work so hard. THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED!

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Chris Bertram
10 years ago

These kids have worked hard throughout their high school career to be recognized. What is the reasoning for breaking with the tradition that the school established from the time it opened?

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Elena Jones
10 years ago

This is ridiculous. Those kids have worked hard and should be recognized for their efforts. This type of coddling so as not to hurt feelings is out of hand. Recognize those kids who worked hard and earned it.

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Christopher cody
10 years ago

The only reason I took some classes is to have high honors... If this is going to be the case what's the point of even taking these classes if we arnt even going to be recognized for them

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Lisa Niswonger
10 years ago

Stop rewarding mediocrity!

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Anisa Larson
10 years ago

Agreed that these students should be honored for working hard.

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Victoria Hudson
10 years ago

This is outrageous. Students should be recognized for their accomplishments. These students have worked outrageously hard for their grades, and deserve to be recognized for it. There's no good reason to change the way graduation has been done for years. This is only moving us further towards a "participation trophy" mentality.

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hailey mcrainey
10 years ago

people who worked their butts off to get where they are today have the right to be recognized...

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Lisa Gainey
10 years ago

Please recognize the honors students first and then the rest of the graduates alphabetically. It is only fair to give the honor grads their moment of recognition!

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Diane dillo
10 years ago

Unbelievable! !

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Michael wicker
10 years ago

I do think that if you are in honors or a high honors that you deserve to get called before everybody else, I'm only saying that because the people in the honors classes do work harder than everybody else and I've seen that, so yes I do agree

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I graduated last year and it was such a privilege to be recognized for all my hardwork

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Cindy Norris
10 years ago

We've had enough change this year. Leave something as is.

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caitlin
10 years ago

I graduated as salutatorian of CvHS in 2014. It makes me so sad to see that these students will not be recognized for their accomplishments and hard work for the past four years. Hopefully the signatures on this petition will show administration that the changes made to the process this year should be reversed back to the way they were before.

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

I graduated with honors from WJHS in 2012 and I know how much of a privilege it is for the school to acknowledge that accomplishment. It gives the student a sense of pride for all of their hard work to get that honors and they deserve to be recognized for it.

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Dawn Peter
10 years ago

After four years of hard work and assignments, these students should be recognized for their achievements. It disheartens me that the administration of this public institution would pull this from these admirable students at such short notice. They deserve to be recognized publicly, not just be another duck in the row.