Mooreville Graduation Ceremony
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School graduates will officially graduate this evening on the school football field despite the chances of rain.
Everyone at the school is excited after administrators postponed graduation because of the coronavirus.... as w-t-v-a's wayne hereford shows us ,,,, the coronavirus may have stopped these students from graduating on time but not from graduating.
The best of it."
Natsot the students eagerly prepared this morning for what will likely be their last walk on the football field at mooreville.
Students like katie jones were excited about it.
"i am because we finally get to come on the football field .
And we don't have to be in the gym and i get to see all my friends graduate."
Parents like stephanie hearn are happy too .
Her daughter chole joe smith is graduating this year.
"didn't even think they were going to get to graduate .
And i am so proud she is getting to walk and we get to watch her do it."
A hundred and ten students will walk , come rain or shine.
The principal says that the school is taking every precaution it possibly can to prevent coronavirus infection .
"you know we're still trying our best to follow cdc guidelines and social distancing.
And providing masks and wearing masks, and taping off areas that can't be sit in and we took everyone's temperature this morning and asked about symptoms and things like that."
Principal lindley say that unfortunately the coronavirus is part of the class of 2020's school year but he says life is not about what happens to you, but how you react to what happens..
"sometimes life doesn't give you the best circumstances but you've just got to make the best of it."
Again,,, that was our very own wayne hereford reporting ... principal lindley says that the school district will allow immediate family members of each graduate to attend this outdoor ceremony.
He says he is still requiring social distancing during the ceremony.
Still more news ahead... the