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Student awards

I am writing this in hopes the Williamsport Area School District can change some of their scheduling of awards ceremonies by the end of school 2019.

I have noticed, in the past, that chorus and band concerts are scheduled on different days and weeks so the families that have children of different ages and in different schools can attend all that their children are in.

I think that the schools have planned it that way and I am sure families appreciate that.

On June 6, there were awards at both Steven’s and Curtin schools at the same time and for families, especially parents, that have students at both schools. It was a hard decision how to handle this situation.

If one parent goes to one school and the other parent goes to the other school, the parents each miss one of their children’s special times. The students also are “let down” when their parents and grandparents also cannot get to both. And for some students, that is traumatic, too. Especially for younger children. I feel that there should be a solution for this problem, such as the day before the “last day” of school, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and also one the morning of the last day. Or maybe evenings before the “last day.”

I do not know what other schools had their awards ceremonies also, but please try to schedule them at different times and even different days to allow families to attend all that their students are in.

Linda P. Hammond

Williamsport

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