Rio Rancho Graduates Deserve Better

2006 graduate and local women understand the situation better than the school administration:

April 9th school board meeting, the Rio Rancho Journal -

Kristen Kenneth, a 2006 RRHS graduate, said before (superintendent) Cleveland made her statement that the class of 2007 should not be punished for what happened last year. Kenneth's boyfriend will graduate this year, but she probably will not be able to attend because of the limited seating.

"We sit here and talk about the community being in our district but you are not allowing the community to be involved because you are limiting the seats," she said. "This should not be about having it in Rio Rancho. It's about the students having their family and loved ones there. This is not right."

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Editor:

I am writing in protest of the Rio Rancho High School decision to move graduation to the Santa Ana Star Center. There was no notification to family members and some out of town siblings have already made non-refundable travel arrangements.

In our society, it is rare to find a family that can be accommodated with five or six tickets.

It is unfair to the graduating seniors for them to have to choose which family members to invite and which they must apologize to for a decision that was made by someone else.

Please help to rectify this situation by moving the event back to The Pit, where all of their loved ones can watch and celebrate one of their greatest achievements to date.

Thank you for your consideration.

Linda Guernsey