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Parents, students debate moving senior all‑night party to night before graduation; board says it only approves facility use
Summary
Parents and students at a Wyoming Area School District meeting argued over a proposal to hold the senior all‑night party the night before graduation rather than the night of graduation. The district said the senior parent organization requests facility access and the board does not set the event date.
Parents, students and senior‑parent volunteers urged the Wyoming Area School Board on multiple occasions to either keep the senior all‑night party on graduation night or to reconsider moving it to the night before graduation.
Vanessa Smith, a parent of a senior, asked whether the board had approved “students stay[ing] out till 2 in the morning the night before graduation,” saying the unusual hour would leave graduates exhausted for practice and ceremony the next day.
Michelle McDermott, who identified herself as a member of the senior‑parent board, said the parents had discussed alternatives after…
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