MDI graduates urged to ‘embrace discomfort’
BAR HARBOR Kassandra Robledo, a member of the Mount Desert Island High School Class of 2021, used her welcoming address at Sunday’s graduation ceremony to call for greater diversity and equality in education.
She said that, at one point, “I realized that our school has given us one of the greatest things in education ever…the space and tools which enable us to ask questions.
“So, I stand here…utilizing this platform to finally question a lack of change, a lack of representation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) students in our school’s curriculum.
The Mount Desert Island High School 2021 graduation speeches by Superintendent Gousse, Principal Haney, Kassandra Robledo, Sam Mitchell and Eliza Ramos.