(picture source:KFYR-TV Bismarck)
While Westman parents continue to contimplate what will be done for a Grad Ceremony for 2020, south of the border, they’ve taken to school football fields to do a social ditance grad. The 200+ Mandan High School’s grads lined up and took a squirt of hand sanitizer from stations in the end zone and grads socially-distanced, 6 feet away from the each other on the field. Parents watched from the stands while grads got thier diploma there was no handshakes. Westman schools are considering a livestream ceremony, a drive-in event, a parade, or multiple ceremonies with small groups of classes, a ceremony at a large outdoor field, or a ceremony at a large auditorium or other venue. Down the road in the city of Dickinson ND, they won’t allow parents to sit in the bleachers and is instead having parents drive their cars onto the Dickinson State University football field to watch the ceremony on a large screen as graduates are escorted to a staging area. In Brandon, the largest sports field of this kindis Andrews Field just off 18th street. There’s also the Riverbank Discovery Centre. Where should Grad be held in 2020 if at all?