PRATTVILLE —Traditional graduation ceremonies for Autauga County’s four public high schools have been canceled.
The high numbers of coronavirus infection rates are to blame. The ceremonies would have been held July 24. Principals at Autaugaville and Billingsley schools, Marbury High School and Prattville High School made the decision.
Brock Dunn, PHS principal, said he understands the disappointment. Prattville High would have had about 200 seniors take part in the ceremony, that was planned for Stanley-Jensen Stadium. Each student could have asked six guests to attend.
"We just didn't have the facility to handle a crowd of 1,500 and still abide by the governor's Safer at Home order," Dunn said. "That and the release the board (of education) was requiring people to sign to attend, I just felt we couldn't place our students, staff and parents in that situation. We were running the risk of not being able to re-open schools on time this year if we didn't have the proper staffing.
"I'm a dad, I have children who will some day be old enough to graduate. I understand the importance of that milestone. But I had to make this decision as a principal, not as a dad."
There was some confusion on the matter after the Autauga County Board of Education voted to cancel the ceremonies during a meeting on July 2. At the end of the three-hour long virtual meeting the board revisited the matter, giving principals of the four high schools the authority to make the decision. Schools were closed in April to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus and graduation ceremonies at the end of the academic year were held virtually.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Marty Roney at mroney@gannett.com.
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