The Madison County announced changes to the district's high school graduation ceremonies and rival schools have joined together to protest.
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"you could see behind me that bob jones and james clemens high school students are sitting in front of the madison city schools district door.
They hope that this sit-in brings a message to the district that the changes made to their graduation should be reversed."
<pkg nevaeh eggleston, james clemens senior: "today and this graduation ceremony are one of the last things we had for each other, for ourselves" navaeh eggleston organized friday's protest.
She said graduating with her friends is something they've been looking forward to for months.
Nevaeh eggleston, james clemens senior: "since prom was cancelled since senior days were cancelled and senior events are cancelled, we can't have graduation parties this was our last thing to do together before we all leave."
She said when she heard about the district's changes to their graduation ceremony she was upset - and knew others were too.
Nevaeh eggleston, james clemens senior: "we can not see our friends graduate, we can not see our best friends that are in z's, let's say their last names a z we can not see them graduate, we can't let our families be there to see us graduate some people with graduation being moved so quickly our families can't take off work.
Vo they can't get back from the army, the military or things of that sort.
They want to bring those students to our school and now we're rejecting them from seeing one of the biggest moments of their lives."
Madison city schools sent me this statement graphic we love our seniors and are heartbroken over how covid-19 has disrupted their senior year.
I assure them that our faculty, staff and administrators are trying their best to give them a memorable graduation.
While we respect their right to voice concerns regarding graduation plans, it must be emphasized that strict health and safety protocols must the students have also started an online petition they're bringing to the district about
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