Santa Maria area seniors ready to graduate after overcoming many challenges during pandemic
Righetti High School student Audrey Herrera is one of hundreds of Santa Maria area seniors preparing to graduate this week. (Dave Alley/KEYT)
SANTA MARIA, Calif. Santa Maria Valley seniors are preparing to graduate this week after facing and overcoming many challenges over the past 15 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a little difficult, said Righetti High School senior Audrey Herrera. Seniors have lost out on a lot of opportunities, and fun memories that we have been looking forward to senior year and stuff, and so that has been very difficult.