It’s not officially being called a graduation, but the Cobb high school diploma parades that began last week are wrapping up on Friday, and at Lassiter High School, with a bang.
No, really.
The Class of 2020 at Lassiter will queue up in the school parking lot starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday to pick up diplomas, followed by an aerial fireworks display.
That’s among the last of such events, along with “Friday Night Hoya Lights” at Harrison High School at the same time that also has fireworks.
Lassiter graduates, according to the school district, “are encouraged to decorate their cars to represent the next chapter in their lives.”
On Thursday from 1-3, Pope High School graduates will pick their diplomas, and Wheeler seniors will be doing the same at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Last week, similar events took place for Walton and Sprayberry graduates.
Cobb schools are careful to point out that the diploma parades are “not intended to be a replacement for an actual graduation ceremony.”
Officially, commencement exercises have been postponed, not cancelled, as the district seeks to find an alternative, possibly in the summer, although nothing has been worked out for the moment.
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