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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting goosebumps and feeling "honored" to watch a public high school graduation is the kind of reaction I would expect from a rural mid-westerner or immigrant from a developing country. I can't imagine the self-importance coursing through your veins if public high school graduation at DAR gets you this worked up.[/quote]

I don't think that there's anything wrong with being honored to watch the graduation. Many families, despite where they're from, are rightly proud. This issue is with insisting that the ceremony itself must take place in a "prestigious" venue. That's ridiculous, though I believe that is likely by-product of the Instagramable generation and life that we now lead. Many (if not most) parents clamoring for DAR likely want to picture op and post at DAR than the do the actual experience. Everything now has to be post worthy so that's more than likely the push. Prestige over function, it would seem[/quote]

These schools - and others - were graduating at DAR back in the 70s and 80s and likely before then too.  It’s a longtime tradition that far precedes the social media age.  Are you new to the area?  Sure seems like it.  [/quote]

In the olden days high school graduations all throughout Northern Va were held outdoors in the school football stadiums. That began to change in the 80s and then in the 90s for most other schools. Yorktown was one of the first area high schools to book DAR. Then all the others followed like lemmings. [/quote]

Yes, I know - I grew up here and still remember my school's 1986 DAR graduation.  Glad these beautiful local venues continue to be taken advantage of.[/quote]

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