Petition: Remove UMBC and DAR as graduation locations for 2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should hold the graduation on the football field at school—at dusk/evening when it’s cooler outside. Plan a rain date. It’s not hard.

UMBC has horrible acoustics.

UMCP would be better.

I was there. The acoustics were not an issue. Don't make up problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Strathmore?

MoCo invested tons in tax credits. Too bad our leaders at the time didn’t think about providing for graduation use.

Way too small, not enough parking, too expensive.

[Anonymous]

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?id=3351

Rockville graduated at Strathmore—first thing that popped up when I googled.

I still think graduating at the actual HS is best. Do it in the evening when it’s cooler outside. Stream it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?id=3351

Rockville graduated at Strathmore—first thing that popped up when I googled.

I still think graduating at the actual HS is best. Do it in the evening when it’s cooler outside. Stream it.

Sure, but that was 11 years ago, when Rockville had an enrollment of 1300. No school besides Poolesville is that small now.

[Anonymous]

In the 90’s, MCPS used the Kennedy Center for some graduations.

UMBC is way better than the headache of DAR.

[Anonymous]

So many whiners out there. My goodness. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

My son thought UMBC was a mediocre experience, he wanted it at DAR instead. Not sure why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?id=3351

Rockville graduated at Strathmore—first thing that popped up when I googled.

I still think graduating at the actual HS is best. Do it in the evening when it’s cooler outside. Stream it.

MCPS TV provides streams in better quality, but the biggest downside is that they only provide those for the graduations held at DAR, so UMBC or MSM (Mount St. Mary’s) graduations are going to be out of luck.

I know NFHS streamed graduations for the graduations at the school stadium (Blair and Damascus), and the quality was pretty good for those too.

[Anonymous]

I love this idea. We give Mc a ton of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?id=3351

Rockville graduated at Strathmore—first thing that popped up when I googled.

I still think graduating at the actual HS is best. Do it in the evening when it’s cooler outside. Stream it.

MCPS TV provides streams in better quality, but the biggest downside is that they only provide those for the graduations held at DAR, so UMBC or MSM (Mount St. Mary’s) graduations are going to be out of luck.

I know NFHS streamed graduations for the graduations at the school stadium (Blair and Damascus), and the quality was pretty good for those too.

MCPS TV better get working streams for non-DAR graduations.

[Anonymous]

I think DAR and UMBC are fine -- I'm not why this, of all things, is an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/?id=3351

Rockville graduated at Strathmore—first thing that popped up when I googled.

I still think graduating at the actual HS is best. Do it in the evening when it’s cooler outside. Stream it.

MCPS TV provides streams in better quality, but the biggest downside is that they only provide those for the graduations held at DAR, so UMBC or MSM (Mount St. Mary’s) graduations are going to be out of luck.

I know NFHS streamed graduations for the graduations at the school stadium (Blair and Damascus), and the quality was pretty good for those too.

Nonsense. My kid's high school graduation at UMBC in June 2024 was live-streamed.

[Anonymous]

Both my kids graduated at DAR and it was fine. They let the kids vote between having it at DAR or on the school's football field, and they overwhelmingly chose DAR. You just need to reserve parking in advance and walk a couple of blocks. Not really a big deal for a once in a lifetime event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my kids graduated at DAR and it was fine. They let the kids vote between having it at DAR or on the school's football field, and they overwhelmingly chose DAR. You just need to reserve parking in advance and walk a couple of blocks. Not really a big deal for a once in a lifetime event.

True enough. But MCPS gets only 6-8 slots at DAR each year. There still needs to be another site.

[Anonymous]

DAR was really lovely.