Poland Seminary High School graduation will be inside

Poland Seminary High School graduation will be inside

POLAND — Commencement for Poland Seminary High School’s Class of 2008 will be in the high school’s fieldhouse.

The school board voted unanimously at a meeting tonight to conduct the ceremony indoors. That decision will enable work to begin in mid-May on installation of new artificial turf at the school’s football field where graduation usually is conducted.

More than 150 students signed petitions presented to school board members last month asking the June 8 ceremony remain outside at the stadium. In the alternative, the petitions called for the ceremony to be moved to Baird-Mitchell Field at the middle school.

But three graduating seniors who attended the meeting support the board’s decision.

Jillian Wollet, Megan Bennett and Caroline Watson say they don’t have a problem with the ceremony being in the fieldhouse, the location in years when it rains.

Jillian and Caroline both have younger brothers on the football team and would feel badly if their siblings didn’t get to play their first two home games in the stadium.

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