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Virtual academy students ask LAUSD for separate, more intimate graduation ceremonies

Greening Schools and Climate Resilience Committee, Los Angeles Unified School District · February 25, 2026

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Summary

Students and parents from leadership and public service virtual academies told the committee they want independent graduation ceremonies and to restore valedictorian/salutatorian speeches after being combined with five other schools in a single, prolonged event.

Several students and parent representatives from the district's virtual academies asked the committee to intervene in graduation planning, saying combined ceremonies with multiple schools have produced long, impersonal events and curtailed student speeches.

"After 12 years of education ... we are scheduled to graduate this June,"…

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