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Rutherford County board discusses diplomas, graduation ceremonies for youth in detention
Summary
Board members discussed how students who graduate while in the county detention facility receive diplomas, ceremonies the facility holds, and asked staff to bring recommendations to the next meeting.
At the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Oversight Board meeting April 14, members discussed how youth who complete high-school requirements while in custody receive diplomas and whether the board should formally acknowledge those graduations.
Board members said the facility conducts small, family-centered graduation ceremonies and that diplomas may come from different sources depending on how the student completed coursework. Lynn Duke, a facility staff member who presented the education report, described the facility's practice: "What we do is we have a cap and gown that the the youth will wear. We play the graduation song as they come into, a room that we…
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