Posted on 04/24/2014 6:22:33 PM PDT by Hoodat
It wasn't personal, they say - the students just didn't want to share their big day with the First Lady and deal with the security headaches that hosting a big name speaker would entail. More than 1,750 of them had signed a petition protesting Obama's appearance at the graduation ceremony because security concerns would have limited the number of friends and family they could invite.
Via The Hill:
Instead of delivering a graduation speech, Obama will speak before the school district the day before graduation, and will deliver remarks at a "Senior Recognition Day."
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In a statement to The Hill, the first lady's communications director said Obama wanted to accommodate all who hoped to attend the graduation ceremony.
"Once we learned about the concerns of some students, we were eager to find a solution that enabled all of the students and their families to celebrate the special day," she told the wire service.
The first lady's address is meant to commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The forced integration in our Northern schools screwed up the whole neighborhood school system. Huge buses now occupy the front lawns of schools. Graduation is 40%. Nice job. They don’t appreciate what we’ve given them.
I am surprised about the National Enquirer's "White House of Horrors" where she is described as a "monster" abusing hubby and her saffers.
Never forget.
Damned Obamas, always BOWING! Are we sure they’re not Japanese?
A pity, 1750 student loan applications suddenly declined.
Shawnee county reliably votes democrat. She would have been welcomed warmly by the majority. My coworker was very disappointed, her son is graduating there this year.
Don’t mess with Kansas.
I assume she was/is just engaging in another enjoyable SPLURGE.
“Once we learned about the concerns of some students,”
They don’t want you, your BS or your lunches, Chewbacca.
A highly constructive comment.
The forced integration of ALL our schools screwed up the public schools beyond recognition.
The judge who wrote the bussing decision eventually admitted it had wrought a catastrophe and had been a gigantic mistake.
Nobody talks about it, but the ruination of what was once an excellent public school system was begun with his signature on the order.
Shucks, I am gonna guess this will be the last time Michelle tries to set foot in our fair state again.
She is still meeting with them just at another day I wonder if it will be mandatory to hear her.
LOL. Thanks!
(Like TOTUS' do when they visit overseas.)
My pleasure! ;-)
If I wa sa senior at that school I would opt out of senior day, but if is anything like my high school, even back in the early seventies we were told if we didn’t participate we would not graduate.
There’s a quiet, seething anger at the Obamas and Washington in the heartland of America.
You mean OUR money?
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