Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Fighting for rights unite as one to protest two alternative graduation dates offered by Board or Students Against Graduation was the phrase on cars and the lips of many seniors in the fall. The School Board's decision to have graduation on lvlay 28, 1988 at Moody Coliseum, before seniors took their final exams, was not easily accepted. The pre-exam date was set when students and parents objected to the original date of Sunday, June 5 at Moody. I don't like the idea of having to come back alter graduation and taking my finaIs, JB. Miller said. No one wanted to have a facsimile of graduation when they diplomas would not be received until the week after exams. We all decided to get together and have a meeting at The Power l-louse. lVIacArthur and Irving seniors were there as well to point out their views, too, said Senior Class President Dee Busey. The next step was meeting with the IISD Board members on November 16,1987 to discuss the reasons for wanting the date and location of gradua- tion changed. One issue that was discused was that some people didn't want to graduate on a Sunday for religious reasons. I didn't necessarily have any objection to it being on a Sunday for religious reasons, but I felt it was important to keep graduation inside the city limits, John Ivlowry said, - After hearing the students' views, Board members voted to change the gdate to June 4,1988 and the location back to the traditional Texas Stadium. ' It makes it seem more of a priveledge to graduate in Irving at the ,stadiumfl Shanda Dobiyanski said. Elliimnie lllaimnn ami Laura Mnllae HOUSE ..,.,,,,, eniors meet at The Power xplaining student objectionsto House to discuss how they the Board, Steven Baxley plan to approach the gradua- speaks for a successful return tion date issue with the school to Texas Stadium graduation on board. VUIII HH W WN- June 4, 1988. Allty f1ll'll lillllll. IIZSESAG

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peaking to tne IISD Board members, Matt Cartwright expresses tne vievvs of seniors about tne date and location of graduation. Amy Furll limi. ee Busey nosted a meeting for local seniors protesting the date and loca- tion of graduation. Students from MacArthur, Nimitz and Irving united as one. 'tTne main idea of this meeting was to get all tnree schools togetner and get started in tne right E direction It was .E -' fl E ' E .. .... s ists. nice to Knovv vve 'E nad a say on tne E E subject, Bussey . ... .. 1 b ts i is t E said. Yuun Hee Illini llliotn. f any Students Against support tneir fignt to cnange tne Graduation nad the SAG logo on tneir cars and trucks to graduation date Amy HMI mm E27ElStudents Against Graduation