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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the high schools are pushing 3000 students.

According to the locals, FCPS switched to GMU and other indoor venues sometime in the early 90s when a torrential thunderstorm/hail/tornado warnings occured in the middle of graduation night ceremonies.

Everyone had to run for cover inside the school.

They put grads in the gym and everyone else in various locations inside and tried to finish using the PA system.

Then the power went out

My long time resident neighbors said after that disaster, fcps switched to indoor venue graduations.

They do the same thing in the midwest city that I grew up in.  Same reasons of an unfortunate spring tornado warning and hail hitting in the middle of graduation ceremonies.

The graduations of small schools are in their respective schools.

Graduations of all the large schools are at the convention center.[/quote]

WSHS, Class of 1989!

It was a mess.[/quote]

Yes most all the local public high schools had football stadium (or gym during rain storms) graduations until the 90s. [b]The local public schools also hosted the nice graduation week Baccalaureate services for seniors and their families held in a local church[/b], but I think that was phased out in the 90s, for obvious reasons. Graduation week was full of events in the olden days. [/quote]

Our FCPS high school still holds a Baccalaureate - they call it an Interfaith ceremony and it is the evening before graduation at the closest church to the school, which happens to be a Catholic church.  It is completely optional.  We went to it five years ago when my oldest graduated and I plan to attend this year's as well.

This is our first year since the mid 70s that the high school is graduating away from the school.  It's at Eagle Bank Arena.  We have one of the largest gyms in the county so graduation has been held in the gym - tickets were limited and there were always parents who complained.  I'd prefer it at the school since we're walking distance and we don't need more tickets than each family was given - I think we got 6 when my oldest graduated and we were able to give two of them to another family.  Eagle Bank will be more comfortable - individual seats instead of sitting on bleachers without backs.[/quote]

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