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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some JR kids live closer to Congress Heights than Friendship Heights. It's probably cheaper to get Carefirst than other locations closer to JR, and it's climate-controlled (which is nice because I almost fainted at a sibling's graduation outdoors in late June!). Many of the MoCo schools still have graduation at Constitution Hall, right? Carefirst is closer to the metro than that and probably a shorter drive minus the street closures. This is one more reason the parade is dumb but DCPS planned this well before the parade.[/quote]

The parade is the problem- [b]no one had an issue about where the graduation is[/b]. But having to navigate through or around town when this mess is happening is not smart and not safe. DCPS should be able to plan and pivot now that this parade is happening and the closures and the crowds. It’s just terrible “crisis management” because there is time to make a change and they are not addressing it at all[/quote]

Not true - Most of JR hates traveling across the city for high school graduation.  It turns a 2 hour event into a 5-6 hour (minimum) outing.  We want to celebrate our graduates but really, the trek to the Carefirst Arena really sucks.  I did it 2 years ago and it took over an hour in rush our traffic to get there, plus time to park, plus time to get into the arene and then literally was stuck in the garage for 30+ minutes after the ceremony trying to leave.  The painful logistics really to take away from the joy of the event.  Since I know how painful the day is we have refrained from inviting any elderly family members who would not be able to hack it. [/quote]

This + 100.

I have had a kid or good friends with kids graduate in the last three years.  The drive is awful - partly because the narrow roads once you get closer to the arena cannot handle the traffic. So, it takes 1-1.5 hours to drive there.  Then, security is a mess and you have to wait in line up to an hour as well.  For the last three years, they have had to delay the start of graduation and the kids are hot and sweaty down in the tunnels.  I'd rather take my chances with weather on the JR field!    And it is not great for the elderly - we had one set of grandparents at the first and the other at the second.  Both have stated they won't come back for future ones.   And the security staff acts like we are a bunch of teenagers and are ungracious.  For some reason, they refuse to open all sections at the same time so fights break out over why can't we sit in those close seats over there.  Then, they open them 10 minutes later.  DC madness at is finest. [/quote]

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