RITES OF PASSAGE:Seniors, districts still hope to hold prom, graduation
For 13 years, Kendall Grossman dreamed of the day when she could put on her cap and gown, walk to a stage and accept her high school diploma.
She longed to move her tassel from right to left and then throw her cap skyward.
She also pined for the chance to go to prom again — one last time.
Kendall considers those things necessary rites of passage.
To the Moniteau High School senior, a final school year without a prom or a graduation would be both hollow and gut-wrenching.
“We won't have closure,” Kendall said. “I think as a senior, (prom and graduation) are kind of a farewell.
“I don't think we really appreciated those things until we were worried about not having them, especially graduation,” she added.Kendall and other seniors may not miss out on those monumental events — put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic — after all.In recent days, school districts all over Butler County have been devising plans to save those cornerstones of high school life.Including Moniteau.“We're going to do whatever we can do to have prom and have a graduation,” said Moniteau principal Lance Fox.That includes some outside-the-box proposals, such as a drive-in graduation.Logistics for something like that, however, will be difficult to work out, but it was discussed at the Moniteau School Board meeting Monday night.<i>This is an excerpt from a larger article that appeared in Wednesday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article and find out how other districts are handling prom and graduation.</i>
