Cobb schools to hold graduation ceremonies starting July 13

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Cobb County School District superintendent Chris Ragsdale said Thursday that individual graduation ceremonies for each of the district’s 16 high schools will take place starting the week of July 13.

All of the graduations will take place at the McEachern High School football stadium, and there will be two commencement exercises each day, at 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The schedule for East Cobb high schools is as follows:

Sprayberry: Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 p.m.
Kell: Friday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.
Walton: Monday, July 20, 7:30 p.m.
Pope: Tuesday, July 21, 7:30 p.m.
Lassiter: Thursday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.
Wheeler: Friday, July 24, 9 a.m.

Speaking at a Cobb Board of Education work session, Ragsdale said that each student will be allotted four tickets for family members to attend. The district also will be livestreaming each graduation.

Initial graduation plans announced earlier this month called for student-only graduations at Wheeler and Harrison high schools.

But in response to criticisms about excluding family members, the district said it would be working on a new plan to include families. The district also cited changing public health guidance in reworking its graduation planning.

Ragsdale said Thursday the decision to relocate all graduations to McEachern was because its stadium has the largest capacity in the school district.

More info can be found at the CCSD’s graduation page.