OP is mortified because she'd already sold the graduation to relatives as a DAR event. Now she'll have to break the news. They will refuse to come. It will be a huge thing.

Most schools graduate at Eagle Bank.

All of the large schools graduate there.

Horrendous! HORRIFIC! MEDIOCRITY!

DC's diploma will be printed on a recycled Tropical Smoothies flyer!

Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of post that just keeps me addicted to DCUM. So stupid. So petty. So flawless.

+1

Incredible. It almost feels like satire. Like art.

I love Eagle Bank Arena. The parking is so easy and in ample supply. It’s even easy to leave after an event. The arena holds so many fond memories of shows, sports, concerts, etc. that the kids have gone to over the years, it’s a great place to have a ceremony!

Only the top high schools get DAR as their graduation venue. McLean, Langley, Madison, Marshall.

Eagle Bank is for the riffraff.

It's a high school graduation, OP. No one cares. Our MCPS high school is trying out a new venue, UMBC. It's a bit far, and apparently it's going to be a factory-style thing because another high school is graduating after ours, so we'll be shooed out of there pronto. My son's graduating class is more than 700. It's NOT going to be pleasant no matter how hard they try.

I really don't know why people attach so much importance to proms, graduation ceremonies, etc. In the grand scheme of things, none of these are important.

This is the kind of post that just keeps me addicted to DCUM. So stupid. So petty. So flawless.

Anonymous wrote:I thought all FCPS Schools graduated at DAR. Apparently not. Our school is doing their ceremony at GMU. Seriously? A horrendous venue in a mediocre part of Fairfax County. The arena is a literal box and feels like a warehouse more than a venue. Horrendous lighting and acoustics. FCPS is again cutting corners.

I graduated there 25 years ago. LOL

This is not a new thing

Actually, almost no FCPS schools graduate at DAR - only four. The majority graduate at Eagle Bank.

Given the stories I've heard about traffic, timing, accessibility, etc. I'd actually prefer my kid wasn't going to be graduating at DAR (my older one graduated at Jiffy Lube Live due to COVID and, name aside, I thought it was a great choice). The grass is always greener, I suppose.

Why is your graduation at another venue? I grew up elsewhere and ours was in the grounds (or auditorium if raining) of our own HS

Which school?

I thought all FCPS Schools graduated at DAR. Apparently not. Our school is doing their ceremony at GMU. Seriously? A horrendous venue in a mediocre part of Fairfax County. The arena is a literal box and feels like a warehouse more than a venue. Horrendous lighting and acoustics. FCPS is again cutting corners.