Anyone else disappointed about graduation?

[Anonymous]

Do Baltimore school HS graduations take place in DC or in a suburb of DC (PG county if an arena of size exists)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My senior's graduation is at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday basically in Baltimore. None of us are excited to get up early and drive up to Baltimore for this impersonal graduation, and I don't even want to ask family to do this. My kid is already asking if they can just skip and sleep in. Is there a way to make this celebratory? Go to lunch afterwards?

Nah not disappointed

[Anonymous]

Towson probably has a large venue. MoCo needs one. Elrich?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Towson probably has a large venue. MoCo needs one. Elrich?

There was at one point a plan to build one at Shady Grove. Don't know what became of that.

https://www.thesentinel.com/communities/montgomery/news/local/developer-says-shady-grove-arena-still-planned/article_8f4bbb26-bbb5-509b-81dd-461ffc330118.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Towson probably has a large venue. MoCo needs one. Elrich?

We really do need a facility in MoCo that would allow our high schools to hold graduation ceremonies. There should be space upcounty to do this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Totally can’t wait to go for a 1 hour and 50 minute drive... Thanks MCPS!!

I don't see anywhere in MoCo that's that far from UMBC.

Have you ever driven to/from UMBC during rush hours? Yea, didn't think so.

Driving to UMBC during rush hour is far better than driving to DAR.

DP but that's 100% true.
Used to do Uber sometimes, you could not pay me to drive to DAR/DC during rush hour. But I would do BWI in a heartbeat during rush hour.

But you can take metro to DAR if situation is really bad. You can’t metro to UMBC.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally can’t wait to go for a 1 hour and 50 minute drive... Thanks MCPS!!

I don't see anywhere in MoCo that's that far from UMBC.

Have you ever driven to/from UMBC during rush hours? Yea, didn't think so.

Driving to UMBC during rush hour is far better than driving to DAR.

DP but that's 100% true.
Used to do Uber sometimes, you could not pay me to drive to DAR/DC during rush hour. But I would do BWI in a heartbeat during rush hour.

But you can take metro to DAR if situation is really bad. You can’t metro to UMBC.

My child's high school has bus transportation to UMBC. If your child's high school doesn't, talk to the principal.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally can’t wait to go for a 1 hour and 50 minute drive... Thanks MCPS!!

I don't see anywhere in MoCo that's that far from UMBC.

Have you ever driven to/from UMBC during rush hours? Yea, didn't think so.

Driving to UMBC during rush hour is far better than driving to DAR.

DP but that's 100% true.
Used to do Uber sometimes, you could not pay me to drive to DAR/DC during rush hour. But I would do BWI in a heartbeat during rush hour.

But you can take metro to DAR if situation is really bad. You can’t metro to UMBC.

My child's high school has bus transportation to UMBC. If your child's high school doesn't, talk to the principal.

Larla!? on a bus!?

[Anonymous]

For the half of students who are going to graduate from college, high school graduation is as meaningful as middle school graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the half of students who are going to graduate from college, high school graduation is as meaningful as middle school graduation.

There is no such thing as middle school graduation. There is such a thing as high school graduation. Also, I disagree with your assessment.

[Anonymous]

Nope- older son had no graduation - 2020. He literally is fine and so is everyone else in the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the half of students who are going to graduate from college, high school graduation is as meaningful as middle school graduation.

those that started or did most K-12 in same place want to attend the HS one. College one could be anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:For the half of students who are going to graduate from college, high school graduation is as meaningful as middle school graduation.

There is no such thing as middle school graduation. There is such a thing as high school graduation. Also, I disagree with your assessment.

I'm not the poster who wrote graduation. Ok so, Promotion. Whatever. Those MS seem as long, have speakers, speeches, students' names called, sure seems like a "graduation." They even have promotion from ES to MS.

[Anonymous]

Soccerplex, then wine at the local vineyards for your guests.

[Anonymous]

Need an INDOOR venue in MoCo! Surprising there isn't one large enough to hold graduation sized events.