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"Mothers Were Crying": Over 100 Locked Out at Sold Out High School Graduation
NBC San Diego ^ | Michael Larkin and Robert Kovacik

Posted on 06/05/2015 1:27:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Family members were fuming after being turned away from the Northridge Academy High School ceremony

Mothers were left in tears as more than 100 people were locked out of a Souther California high school graduation ceremony Thursday because too many tickets had been distributed.

Family members were fuming after being turned away from the Northridge Academy High School ceremony, which was inside the California State University, Northridge's Matador Gymnasium. They were forced to wait outside as their loved ones went through their commencement. Campus police said about 150 people ended up without a seat. To make matters worse, they had already spent $6 per vehicle parking.

"They were trying to close the doors… mothers were crying and stuff, they wanted to see their daughters graduate," one parent said.

"No one had any idea what was going on, why people were not being allowed in," another disgruntled attendee said.

It is not known whether the event was oversold, or if fake tickets had been printed. Officials have yet to comment on what went wrong.


TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: publicschools
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1 posted on 06/05/2015 1:27:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I love this time of year.


2 posted on 06/05/2015 1:28:15 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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I went out for lunch the other day. The county uses the fair grounds for graduation. Many of the kids were coming in for lunch after the cermony.

The young ladies with their kids were extra special. I guess its good they got their diploma though.


3 posted on 06/05/2015 1:30:07 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: nickcarraway

Why America is America!


4 posted on 06/05/2015 1:30:51 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: nickcarraway
Officials have yet to comment on what went wrong.

Public school officials went wrong, that's what. No personal responsibility combined with sadistic cruelty and indifference, controlled by the most fascistic arm of liberal politics.

What could possibly go wrong?

5 posted on 06/05/2015 1:34:17 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: nickcarraway

Well mothers, you sent your kids to the government yo train them. Don’t complain when that government showed you what they thought of you.


6 posted on 06/05/2015 1:35:27 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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campus police said about 150 people ended up without a seat.

I have a novel solution, they should've played a game of musical chairs every 15 minutes, that way everybody gets a chance to sit down at some point.

7 posted on 06/05/2015 1:35:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Don Corleone

Nuvo Amerika..sure is different than the America I “grew up” in!

I trust that there werent a lot of AMISH parents..locked out..as .there might well have been a near RIOT..were that the case


8 posted on 06/05/2015 1:35:38 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: nickcarraway
Common Core math? It took 100 steps to figure out what the maximum was, but they gave up trying after 75 steps?

-PJ

9 posted on 06/05/2015 1:37:08 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like someone reproduced the tickets and sold them at a profit.


10 posted on 06/05/2015 1:40:34 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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Or counted using Common Core math.


11 posted on 06/05/2015 1:45:22 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: nickcarraway
"mothers were crying and stuff, they wanted to see their daughters graduate"

So they only locked out the mothers of girls? All the mothers of boys were allowed in?

Wait until Feminazi's hear about this.

13 posted on 06/05/2015 1:53:07 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (If Hillary was running against Satan, I'd probably abstain.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I teach 5th grade and a 3rd grade teacher showed me one of their word problems that required 5 steps to finish. 5 steps for an 8 year old, that must be done sequentially. Ridiculous.


14 posted on 06/05/2015 1:55:19 PM PDT by gop4lyf
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Just went through a 2.5 hr graduation (held at Prestonwood Baptist Church) with the longest list of speakers for McKinney High School (total of three held today) and it took more than 45min just to clear the lot (some early comers for the next service was 2.5 hrs later) blocking traffic in every direction!

Anyone in neighborhood trying to go to lunch were going to be very late getting back to work! Traffic blocked on interstate for a very long time.

15 posted on 06/05/2015 1:56:35 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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So they only locked out the mothers of girls?

Apparently all the fathers were allowed in because of the patriarchy!

It just isn't a privilege if you can't enjoy it once in a while.

16 posted on 06/05/2015 2:01:13 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Talisker

It’s the same reason hotels over book. A certain percentage of people are expected to not show up. And sometimes that group lets down the side and actually shows up. It’s unfortunate, and they probably should have figured out some sort of “over flow” plan, but it happens, probably every single year at multiple schools without it hitting the news.


17 posted on 06/05/2015 2:05:31 PM PDT by discostu (In fact funk's as old as dirt)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Yes, I sense the whiff of ghetto people in this article.....


18 posted on 06/05/2015 2:07:24 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (B.L.O.A.T. : Buy Lots Of Ammo Today)
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To: T-Bone Texan
nope illegals
19 posted on 06/05/2015 2:21:28 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

My daughter graduated last weekend. With the last name starting with a “B” I would have been happy to leave after she received her diploma. It would be even better if the speakers went after the ceremony.


20 posted on 06/05/2015 2:28:20 PM PDT by dgbrown
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