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  • School Relents, Gives Out Diplomas (Excessive Cheering Cited)

    06/07/2007 5:37:10 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 61 replies · 1,590+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 7 June 07 | JAN DENNIS
    Diploma Saga Takes Turn - Denied Students Lawyer Up GALESBURG, Ill. (June 7) - Five students will get the diplomas they were denied when cheers erupted for them at a high school graduation, and school officials said Wednesday they would review a get-tough decorum policy. The school imposed a no-cheering policy in an effort to restore decorum at its graduation ceremony. Galesburg High School officials had said they would not hand over the keepsake diplomas unless they received apologies. But the stalemate over the diplomas and the media attention it attracted have taken valuable time and energy, they said. Gayles...