Blue Valley High School’s graduating class of 2021. From left to right: Jeremiah Duncan, Madison O’Shea, Shianne Shelton and Grace Johnson. (Brandon Peoples/KMAN)
Blue Valley High School’s class of 2021 looks more like a close-knit family than school classmates.
With just four students in this year’s graduating class, Jeremiah Duncan, Grace Johnson, Madison O’Shea and Shianne Shelton represent the high school’s smallest graduating class in its history. The four of them have been together since kindergarten, which at the time consisted of 11 students.
“For whatever reason over the years we never could fill their grade level with more students,” said Marion Mazouch, Blue Valley High School principal.