It's in the morning, as were the kindergarten & pre-school graduations. These are always on the half-day last day of school, so the assumption is that parents are already juggling things about.

An evening graduation runs into sports practices & etc.

1 p.m. I think? Not convenient for working parents, but when else can you guarantee most kids will come.

Ours is at 930am.
I think this is a work issue honestly. Your husband should be able to leave work a couple of hours to attend an important invent for his kid. I am a working parent with a job that is not too flexible as well; he needs to know when he needs to speak up. I’ve been in plenty of meetings over the years where key people are out for whatever reason and the meetings still go on as best they can.

OP, don't push the school.

Push at work. Please. A promotion ceremony from elementary to middle school should be a sufficiently good reason for someone to miss 4 hours of work, including a standing meeting.

My kids' school did 5th grade promotion (we're not local) in the morning. Between ex, grandparents and myself, we had at least one person there each kid-but never both of us due to schedules.

8th grade promotion was in the evening thankfully.

It is what it is OP. My kid whose 5th grade promotion I missed, graduated college and is married and are hosting me for a visit next month-so I guess they don't hold it against me haha.

When we were in public school both ES and MS were in the morning. My now private school 8th grade ceremony was at 5:30pm.

It's mid morning.

5th grade promotion where I work is 10-12.

8th grade promotion for my kid is in the evening.

Someone’s going to get inconvenienced due to any schedule. Either you have teachers and building services working late hours if it’s the evening, also many people do work night shifts, so an evening thing isn’t good for all parents…or you have people with 9-5 jobs inconvenienced if it’s the day time. Hopefully they gave enough notice so you can adjust things.

Ours is always 830 in the morning, like another PP I think the time is set by teacher schedules, not a committee.

Anonymous wrote:My kids’ schools do not have any promotion ceremonies at 5th or 8th. They did in preschool, had a musical performance and recognition in kindergarten and nothing until high school graduation.

Three kids and we’ve had one of each during the day, in the evening, and covid canceled. We’ve also had a mix of day and evening performances for things like school choir concerts, band concerts, art shows, etc.

Evening may be easier for some, but harder for those who do shift work or work evenings. Advance notice on the timing is really the key on allowing people to attend.

This and they have less flexible jobs than white collar workers. What happens if your spouse wants to take vacation? Does he call in for his standing meeting?

The one in middle school will also be in the morning. So will high school and college graduations. It's not about parents it's about all the teachers, administrators, and staff planning and staffing the event.

Take time off work. We all have jobs and are important. In fact, I have a really big meeting I'm missing to be at my kid's 8th grade promotion at 9am. That's life.

Ours was always in the morning, for ES and MS. And the kids were told they could leave afterwards. If it’s a standing meeting OP, can’t your H miss one? And take a vacation day?

(Yes I work FT and have standing meetings with executives so I get it)

My kids’ schools do not have any promotion ceremonies at 5th or 8th. They did in preschool, had a musical performance and recognition in kindergarten and nothing until high school graduation.

Three kids and we’ve had one of each during the day, in the evening, and covid canceled. We’ve also had a mix of day and evening performances for things like school choir concerts, band concerts, art shows, etc.

Evening may be easier for some, but harder for those who do shift work or work evenings. Advance notice on the timing is really the key on allowing people to attend.

Ours was at 8:30AM on a Wednesday. It's in the teacher contract, so not much anyone could do about it. We did know months ahead of time at least to plan as best as possible.

Our ES does a "promotion ceremony" when sending kids off from elementary to middle school. It's in the middle of a work day and was scheduled without any input from parents that are not on the committee. Those people on the committee that suggested moving it to the evening so more parents could attend were shot down. I specifically volunteered for the committee because I know working parents are frequently not taken into consideration for these things and are told "well no working parents volunteered" as an excuse. I volunteered and I stated my opinion (and those of other parents I know that have jobs!). My husband would love to attend but it's on a day that he has a standing meeting with his senior executives and it cannot be rescheduled. If you were in our shoes, would you try to protest once again, or just give it up and hope that you'll be able to attend more things in middle and high school?