I am VERY proud of these kids. I hope they get a huge response from the seniors.
The graduating seniors who do not plan to be present should not let the school know of their intentions in advance. The school should have the significant public embarassment and confusion of calling out names of people who are not there to come receive their diplomas. I hope there will be large empty spaces because there is no way for things to be moved around beween the time the graduates are lined up for their entrance to the ceremony and the reading aloud of the names on this list.