Anonymous wrote:We had a Google form but the way things were presented made for a difficult decision.
Stadium- most expensive option, no rain date
DAR-limited tickets, difficult parking
UMBC- most tickets, easy parking
Still, I know myself and most of the parents I knew voted for our home stadium but I guess it wasn’t to be. It would have been a gorgeous day (last Friday), but it could have also been a disaster so I understand why the school went with the safe route. Even with the UMBC hassle (and parking was horrible), it was a fantastic day!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wait, why do you guys have your graduation at UMBC? Why not at the high school, or another place that’s closer?
This has been discussed many times in recent threads. Short version: UMBC is somehow cheaper than having it at the high school, and there aren't many other closer venues with the same seating capacity.
That PP is either a troll, an infrequent reader of DCUM or just joined this forum family. Please try to keep up, "Wait, why..." poster:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1196729.page
Not a troll, just someone who hasn’t heard of a high school so far away having their graduation at UMBC.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Getting back to helpful info, can you buy food or drink inside the stadium during graduation?
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Getting back to helpful info, can you buy food or drink inside the stadium during graduation?
It's a two hour thing...
You can’t bring it in. You leave home at 1030, stand in line in a parking lot, get home after 6. Don’t be a jerk.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Getting back to helpful info, can you buy food or drink inside the stadium during graduation?
It's a two hour thing...
Anonymous wrote:It was painful to see the handful of kids making their way to their seats after the ceremony started.
I encourage you to leave with loads of extra time to arrive very early. These sites host multiple ceremonies all day, traffic was very heavy and parking was a slog.
Congratulations and good luck!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wait, why do you guys have your graduation at UMBC? Why not at the high school, or another place that’s closer?
This has been discussed many times in recent threads. Short version: UMBC is somehow cheaper than having it at the high school, and there aren't many other closer venues with the same seating capacity.
That PP is either a troll, an infrequent reader of DCUM or just joined this forum family. Please try to keep up, "Wait, why..." poster:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1196729.page
Anonymous wrote:Getting back to helpful info, can you buy food or drink inside the stadium during graduation?
Anonymous wrote:DAR wasnt that bad. Graduation took about three hours, traffic was a nightmare around the hall--all the ice cream trucks made it worse--and the parking gods were with us, we got legal street parking a block away at 915am.
Anonymous wrote:My band kid has to be at school at 6:15 AM to get organized for buses to leave at 6:45 for a 9 AM graduation at UMBC (when all non-music, non-seniors get the day off). Please appreciate the music kids at your graduation! (My child is actually only slightly grumbly about it, since they know they are paying it forward and will enjoy the music at their own graduation.)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wait, why do you guys have your graduation at UMBC? Why not at the high school, or another place that’s closer?
This has been discussed many times in recent threads. Short version: UMBC is somehow cheaper than having it at the high school, and there aren't many other closer venues with the same seating capacity.