Grad plans at Kitchener public school upset some families
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Some families from a Kitchener elementary school are frustrated after finding out graduating students won't be getting a traditional ceremony. The Waterloo Region District School Board says it comes down to having an “equitable approach.”
Four years ago, Surjit Khakh's daughter walked across the stage at Groh Public School.
“She was the first year of the graduating class of Groh,” Surjit said.
Her brother Sahib Khakh remembers it well.
“I was really happy for her,” Sahib, who’s currently in Grade 8, said. “That was the first person from our family that was graduating like that, so I was like, 'that's going to be me and my brother some day.”’
Now, Sahib is getting ready to graduate Grade 8 too, but his graduation will look much different.
“We were all put into this one classroom and told that we're not going to have a proper graduation. Instead, we're going to do activities for the last three days,” Sahib said.
The Khakh family are among some at the school who say they're frustrated Groh won’t have a traditional graduation ceremony this year.
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