Posted on 05/28/2011 10:22:12 PM PDT by MichiganMan
CARROLLTON TWP. — Micaela J. Solano said Carrollton High School’s principal is denying her half-sister, Carrollton senior Claudia D. Castanon, a “lifetime memory” by not letting her walk in commencement ceremonies tonight.
Castanon said she ranks No. 5 in the Top Ten of her senior class, but said Principal Traci Smith won’t let her walk in the event because Castanon missed the high school’s “Candlelight” ceremony and the rehearsal for commencement, both of which took place on Tuesday.
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/johnny
A 18-19 year-old girl who has two children aged 4 years; and 9 months gets no sympathy from me.
What is the problem now?
I think someone with her background should not even be allowed to attend regular classes. When schools started allowing pregnant girls and “parents” attend regular high school, it was a huge mistake.
I’d be more sympathetic to her than if she had aborted the “problem.” Good grief, if they’re afraid she might commit a gaffe in the ceremony can’t they have someone talk her through it in the empty room?
Homeschooling would be superior (it virtually always is in any circumstances). But if she’s not disrupting the classes why not allow her a go at them. Beats being pregnant and ignorant.
I see this thread really brought out the winners.
“I think someone with her background should not even be allowed to attend regular classes. When schools started allowing pregnant girls and “parents” attend regular high school, it was a huge mistake.”
As a compromise how about if she would be required to wear a large red “A” on her mortarboard? Maybe walk barefoot in representation of her pregnancies. Would that satisfy you.
“she compiled a 3.8 grade-point average. She said she didn’t attend those events Tuesday because she had to work at Premier Care Assisted Living in Bay City. “It was her second day on the job, so she couldn’t go to (commencement) practice,” “
Sounds to me like she is putting her priorities in the right order. Funny what it takes to finally get FR applause for a school bureaucrat’s senseless arbitrary action.
A few posters does not define “FR”.
Rules is rules... and dealing with petty bureaucrats like this principal is a part of life. Hopefully she’ll realize that she made the right choice: working hard at a new job is more important than some silly ceremony. I don’t really remember the walk at the HS ceremony very well. Among the major life events that she has recently had already (discovering that you’re 14 and pregnant, choosing not to abort the baby, the birth of a first child, the birth of a second child, starting the first real job, last day of school, driver’s license, etc, etc, etc), walking across a stage in a silly hat really does not rank in the top tier.
Life is full of choices and she did the right thing in going to her new job rather than the rehearsal.
Sucks that she got clubbed with the school’s one size fits all, zero tolerance hammer tho.
I wish the girl luck. She got off to a real rocky start and it sounds like she’s working hard to pull herself up.
Talk about a lose-lose situation. Petty bureaucrats on one hand verses a top 10 student that couldn’t figure out once is an accident, twice, well.... I’m hard pressed to feel much sympathy for her. If she was so smart, why didn’t she know the graduation requirements? Cry me a river. (Biting my tongue as an RN having worked in L&D and NICU.)
I should have added that it’s right up there with my niece’s graduating high school class. The valedictorian was a pregnant drug addict. Gotta love Las Vegas. Whatever happened to shame? Oh, that’s right, it’s not politically correct.
Absolutely.
Glad she kept the kids instead of aborting. Glad she graduated. Sorry about missing the formation.
Shut mouth, move forward.
/johnny
They didn’t want a screw up and your failure will result in a screw up.
You screwed everyone.
Congratulations, you graduated.
My jaw hit the ground on your response.
Amazing BS. 2 Kids??????
Really????
She got her diploma....
(weird they bitchin bout it)
I guess some enlightened folks here would rather have her be an uneducated single mom living on the dole for the rest of her life (I know, I know that public education ain’t much of an education, but having the credentials is way better than not having them). Whatever makes them feel smugly superior.
And there are people here who imagine that she shouldn't have let this guy get her pregnant.
Gee gosh - dunno - just hating to see traditions ridiculed - it robs the parents and families the joy of watching their kid achieve another step towards adulthood.
Even as a small percent of graduates do something nutty during the ceremony, most do not, and are happy to be participating.
If you get the chance, accept the invitation to attend a Home School graduation, often held in a church facility. These ceremonies, within a warm and personal atmosphere, point out the hard work the students completed at home and in any tutorials attended. It will give you hope and pride in the next generation, and gratitude for the variety of adults that surround these kids.
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