{"id":28733,"date":"2020-05-28T18:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T23:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28733"},"modified":"2020-05-28T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T23:14:42","slug":"cmcss-class-of-2020-summer-graduation-ceremony-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/05\/28\/cmcss-class-of-2020-summer-graduation-ceremony-update\/","title":{"rendered":"CMCSS Class of 2020 Summer Graduation Ceremony Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Clarksville<\/a>Montgomery County, TN<\/strong> – Good evening, Class of 2020 and Parents\/Guardians,<\/p>\n

This is Director of Schools Millard House. As I watched the online graduation celebration videos<\/a> last week, I was filled with pride as I saw and heard the names of almost 2,400 graduates who have accomplished an important benchmark in your lives, the awarding of your high school diplomas.<\/p>\n

\"Clarksville<\/a>

Clarksville Montgomery County School System Director of Schools Millard House.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

While I acknowledge the obstacles you have overcome, I cannot reiterate enough that this historic event will not overshadow your achievements or the bright futures ahead of you.<\/p>\n

Over the past several weeks, a team of school and district administrators along with health and safety experts have been reviewing the latest local, state, and national guidance and directives regarding the pandemic to conduct a feasibility study and plan for in-person graduation ceremonies over the summer.<\/p>\n

After reviewing the findings and recommendations of the team and in speaking with colleagues from across the nation, I cannot in good conscience move forward with allowing in-person ceremonies as communicated in late June or early July.<\/p>\n

Please know that this decision was not made lightly, and I understand how disappointing this is for you. Keeping you, your families, and CMCSS employees safe and healthy is my priority, and I could not bear the thought of allowing conditions that increase the risks of exposing people in crowds to illness.<\/p>\n

As you prepare for the next steps in your journey, be it military service, post-secondary education, or joining the workforce, know that your teachers, staff, and administrators support you, believe in you, and love you. Stay strong, Class of 2020 – the future is yours.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Millard House II
\nDirector of Schools <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montgomery County, TN – Good evening, Class of 2020 and Parents\/Guardians, This is Director of Schools Millard House. As I watched the online graduation celebration videos last week, I was filled with pride as I saw and heard the names of almost 2,400 graduates who have accomplished an important benchmark in your lives, the awarding of your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[103,1601,3240,31582,160],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28734,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28733\/revisions\/28734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}