County Health OKs Heights High plan for Class of 2020 to walk across school auditorium stage - cleveland.com

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Painstaking plans allowing each Heights High School graduate to walk across the school auditorium stage have received the official blessing of the Cuyahoga County Health Department.

Like just about everything else during the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down Ohio schools since March, the dates and times for the individual walks will be spaced, staggered and with protective face masks in place, between Monday, June 8, and Friday, June 12.

After the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District had to scrap earlier plans for a rescheduled June 23 commencement in the still-closed Playhouse Square, the administrative team went back to the drawing board.

They started with some basic objectives for the ceremony, where each of the roughly 400 Heights High grads could get back into the school and walk the stage in cap and gown to receive individual diplomas while his or her name was announced with a few family members present, also allowing time for photos to be taken.

That's where the real work began, with the schedule being posted last week after the county health department signed off on the plan. Senior families -- no more than four attendees -- are set to arrive at 15-minute intervals.

“Graduates may remove their masks for photographs,” a CH-UH district letter to seniors states. “Times have been allotted to comply with social distancing and to limit the number of individuals in a space to 10. It is imperative that these guidelines be followed to keep everyone safe and in compliance.”

There will still be a “virtual” element involved, once the individual recordings are cobbled together into a composite video ceremony, with the graduates appearing in alphabetical order. This is what makes adherence to the posted schedule so important.

Departures with tradition

Some restrictions observed in the past will be lifted, given the circumstances brought on by the pandemic.

"The Class of 2020 has not been able to have the same experience as other graduating classes due to COVID-19," the latest district letter to seniors states. "Therefore, the administration has approved the senior class request to decorate their caps for the ceremony."

However, there are guidelines that must still be followed:

-- Only the flat, top area of the mortarboard may be decorated. There may be nothing hanging down from any of the sides of the cap.

-- “It cannot contain any advertisement, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches or pictures that refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol or weapons, affiliation with gangs, anything of a sexual nature or which threatens the safety and welfare of any person.”

-- It cannot be interpreted as obscene, profane, vulgar or lewd.

-- It cannot include numbers other than the graduation year.

-- “It cannot make noise. No bells, horns or anything that makes noise.”

School administration will reserve the right to disallow anything that is not considered appropriate for the commencement ceremony.

And, “we have no additional caps to provide if the decorations are not appropriate or if the cap is damaged,” district officials added.

Families will be asked to stand in the auditorium. If there is a family member who may need to sit, the seating will be disinfected after each family exits.

As each student is video-recorded, families are welcome to take pictures as their graduate walks across the stage.

“Families will exit through the front door of the high school and return to their vehicle to ensure we adhere to the regulations established by the state for social gatherings,” district officials stated.

From there, a video will be produced that will include the entire ceremony: speeches, graduates and music. This will be placed on YouTube, with a target date of June 23.

For more information, visit the CH-UH district website at https://www.chuh.org/

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