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Escambia School Board Looks To Change Graduations At Civic Center
June 25, 2012
The Escambia County School District is looking at making a change to high school graduation exercises held at the Pensacola Civic Center.
With the physical layout used earlier this month, some attendees were sitting behind the stage at some graduation exercises, including the one for Tate High School. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas, the school board and high school principals are looking at other ways to arrange the stage on the civic center floor to allow more people to see their student graduate.
A plan is expected to be formulated in the coming weeks to be implemented for the Class of 2013 graduations.
Pictured: The Class 0f 2012 graduation at the Pensacola Civic Center. NorthEscambia.com file photo by Wendy Meredith, click to enlarge.
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11 Responses to “Escambia School Board Looks To Change Graduations At Civic Center”
I went to Tate graduation. Disappointing. Sound was so bad you I couldn’t understand most names and speeches. Also parking is terrible when graduation of schools are scheduled to close together. I paid $5.00. It’s amazing that our county school system cannot schedule and provide a non controversial graduation for students and family.
I feel the High School football field would be the best place, the emotional impact, bitter sweetness of walking away from what you know, to the unfamiliar.
Just a question? Does anyone know the cost of the Civic Center for the use for graduations to the tax payer? Better yet, has anyone thought of what an inconvenience it would be for the school superintendent and the board members having to make an appearance at all those graduations all over the county? I don’t think its fair to think that graduations should be all about the graduates the families and the teachers and staff. Silly people thousands of us should have to drive miles and walk acres and acres to see those graduates in a sterile, get em in get em out arena for the sake of a few being inconvenienced. Imagine a superintendent and Board members actually showing up at each and every school they represent? Just saying, could be wrong , but whatever happened to the old fashioned football field graduation?
The Civic Center sound system was weak this year at Tate’s graduation. Crank that thing up so parents can her their child’s name.
What was the deal with no longer having them at the schools?
I have been to Graduations at the Civic Center, I have also attended 3 of my own children’s graduations at Northview High. I gladly came early to Northview to get a decent seat. It is sad when you sit at the Civic Center and have no clue as to which graduate is your child. If need be give each graduate 4 passes, if they need more they will have to deal with fellow gratuates for any tickets they might not be using. Otherwise move the gratuation to the Football field!
For Northview Graduation, the football field would be great! Just have graduation late in the afternoon or evening.
I went to the pace graduation at the civic center and if you show up at eleven are a little before to watch graduation at eleven like a lot of people due then you will be out of luck.
A great idea. I wonder why we don’t have more concerts there? It is a shame we have to drive to Mobile or Biloxi to see a show, when we have the civic center.
Six words you will never hear spoken there, ladies and gentlemen the Rolling Stones. Maybe the ball park could be used for events and concerts?
Northview’s current seniors have voted to hold their graduation at the Civic Center, but they have not been given the green light yet.
Now, if they would just get Northview out of their gym and into the Civic Center or some other place large enough, and not a fire hazard like they have now. I cannot believe that the fire marshal allows what they have been doing. Plus, it is NOT fair to the students and their friends and families the way they do it now. Those who stick it out, and graduate, deserve better.