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Fury as school district REMOVES girl's name from graduation book after she died of cancer weeks earlier despite completing all requirements: Bosses refuse to let siblings attend ceremony
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 15, 2024

Posted on 05/15/2024 4:24:49 PM PDT by Morgana

A Utah school has sparked fury after removing the name of a student who died of cancer just months before graduation - despite completing all requirements.

Samantha Corey, who was battling a rare and terminal form of the disease, passed away before she could finish her senior year at American Fork High School.

As Samantha's siblings prepared to stand in her place, they were told by the district they wouldn't be permitted. Her name was also omitted from the ceremony.

It wasn't like we were wanting special treatment for her,' Kimberly Corey, Samantha's mother, said to FOX13. 'I just think we didn't want her to be deleted out of it, so it felt like, this is how it was supposed to be, and then they deleted her name and took it.' Samantha's family was distraught hearing the news, specially because Samantha had completed all of her graduation requirements before her death.

'We just would have liked to have her name be read, and her siblings wanted to walk across the stage for her. Her brother wanted to wear her hat,' Kimberly Corey said to KUTV. 'We weren't expecting a big to-do; we just don't want her to be deleted, you know.'

Samantha's journey with cancer began during her sophomore year, but she was determined to continue her education at American Fork High School during chemotherapy treatments.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Morgana

Rich Stowell, of the Alpine School District, issued a statement explaining their stance on graduation memorials, emphasizing a balance between honoring the deceased and celebrating the achievements of all graduates.

‘As students across Alpine School District celebrate graduation from high school, we are mindful that some students tragically pass before they and their families get to experience that milestone.


So one has to ask why?

We are a nation of rules, not leadership.


61 posted on 05/15/2024 6:27:01 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Joe Marine 76

They love death?


62 posted on 05/15/2024 6:34:58 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: MayflowerMadam

You have to wonder, what was driving this decision.
The school had several choices.


63 posted on 05/15/2024 6:39:02 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Joe Marine 76
WTF is wrong with β€œeducators’ in this day and age?

They’re all democrat party hacks and union thugs.

64 posted on 05/15/2024 6:40:18 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: ZinGirl

Oh, yes. I felt some of his triumph in that moment.


65 posted on 05/15/2024 6:42:47 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: IrishPennant

That must have been one of the longest and most difficult walks you ever took.


66 posted on 05/15/2024 6:47:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

What a lovely young lady. Prayers for family and friends.


67 posted on 05/15/2024 6:49:00 PM PDT by Chgogal (To paraphrase Biden: You vote Democrat? You ain't smart.)
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To: Kiss7

So what was the problem? Was she too white for the woke asswipes running the schools?
If she were a POC they would have named the school after her.


68 posted on 05/15/2024 6:53:01 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Joe Marine 76

They hate life of people fighting for life but love people sacrificing babies to death. Education apparently attracts some freaks and morally corrupt people. Some people just want to see the world / life burn.


69 posted on 05/15/2024 6:53:26 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: Morgana

Whoever made that decision is dumber than a fence post .


70 posted on 05/15/2024 6:55:04 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

As someone who spent months at the child cancer center at Rady Children’s Hospital and the Mcdonald’s House across the street ....there have been far too many for years.


71 posted on 05/15/2024 6:55:54 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Morgana

Utah really fell into the gutter


72 posted on 05/15/2024 7:02:19 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male πŸ€ͺ)
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To: Morgana

Teacher’s unions are not interested in anything that does not put money in their pockets.


73 posted on 05/15/2024 7:17:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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To: Morgana

In my HS days (1947-1951), most of the class parents would have lynched or tarred & feathered every POS associated with that horrific decision...

We had students dying right & left as polio ran rampant...
Something like this would have been unthinkable...

Americans were Americans back then... Not the pussified, low IQ, cowardly, obedient serfs like today’s disgraceful Americans...


74 posted on 05/15/2024 7:17:19 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Morgana

Oh my gosh. Give the family the graduation. They’ve been through hell. They’re not asking for much and Samantha completed all of the requirements. Let her grieving family have this moment.


75 posted on 05/15/2024 7:21:02 PM PDT by Allegra (Toss a zeeper in the Dnieper)
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To: Gunslingr3

The graph doesn’t really say much.

It’s showing *death rate*, not those who’ve gotten cancer.

It it stops in 2021, well before the possible effects of a vaccine might be seen.


76 posted on 05/15/2024 7:29:45 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: lee martell
That must have been one of the longest and most difficult walks you ever took.

It was - thank you for recognizing that...but I was darned proud for him as well. That principal went on to be County School Superintendent...with my vote, of course.

77 posted on 05/15/2024 8:10:29 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons?)
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To: Morgana

A classmate of mine who was killed in a car crash, had the yearbook dedicated to him.


78 posted on 05/15/2024 9:44:56 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: 21twelve
"It looks like now she will be recognized."

That's good news. But, it's a shame the family had to fight for the school to recognize their daughter.

Rest in peace, Samantha. Only 18 years old. Far too young...

79 posted on 05/16/2024 1:51:11 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: lee martell

“You have to wonder, what was driving this decision.”

It’s Utah. Maybe the family’s politics aren’t the school board’s cup of tea. Or it could be religion. My uncle lived in Utah for decades and his kids were little in the ‘60s and ‘70s. He wasn’t Mormon. He was persecuted in business, and his kids had a rough time both in school and socially. Dad never understood why he stayed.

I’d like to think that the Mormon culture has mellowed over the years and outsiders are more accepted.

IDK. Just a theory.


80 posted on 05/16/2024 3:56:00 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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