The pinnacle of 4 years of High School, is the Graduation Ceremony. A special part of that ceremony is seeing the proud and smiling faces of parents, loved ones and teachers. To deny both the students and teachers of this moment, seems deeply unfair. The graduating classes of 2015 deserve the same wonderful memories of their special day, as the graduating classes before them. Please allow the teachers to come to the ceremony. We all know the last day of classes are really not that meaningful, but this day for the graduates certainly is. Perhaps, the 24th could be changed to a half day to allow the teachers to attend? The strike was difficult and stressful for the Grade 12 students. At least let them end their high school years on a happy note. They deserve that much. Please bend the rules a bit to make this happen.

I am a parent of a Grade 12 Student at Dunbarton High School in Durham.