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Trustees debate role at commencement as some call for student input

Albany County School District #1 Board of Trustees · February 12, 2026
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Summary

The board spent an extended portion of the meeting debating a commencement committee recommendation that the board chair and trustees take a more active role in handing out diplomas; several trustees urged surveying students and preserving principals’ role.

A lengthy discussion at the February Albany County School District #1 board meeting turned on who should hand out diplomas at the district’s three high school commencements.

A commencement committee recommendation—discussed in a meeting with the three high school principals—proposed the board chair hand out diplomas at Rock River and Whiting and trustees rotate to hand diplomas at Laramie High School. Several trustees and community…

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