Furious Arizona mom accuses high school of double standards after bosses canceled senior prom due to COVID but went ahead with retirement party for superintendent
A decision to hold a large retirement celebration for outgoing Chandler Unified School District superintendent Camille Casteel has been slammed by parents
The party will go ahead this week despite the school district in Arizona canceling its senior prom and limiting students to bring just two guests to graduation
Mom Jennifer Alvey told Fox & Friends on Sunday that parents felt like the school had shown blatant double standards towards the children
Schools in Arizona only just reopened last month after being closed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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The school board, however, has already cancelled the students’ high school prom and restricted the number of guests seniors may invite to their graduation ceremony.
“We parents’ frustration isn’t that our school board is holding the events for Dr. Casteel’s retirement, but rather the glaring double standard of the board not being willing to also approve virtually the exact same logistics for our students’ proms and graduation ceremonies, using the excuse of ‘COVID risks,’” Jennifer Alvey, who has five children in the district, told the Daily Wire.
After parents apparently objected to the school board’s “hypocrisy” in holding the retirement reception but restricting and cancelling student-focused events, the board increased allowable guests at senior graduation from two to four.
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