 Hair pins, shoes and jeans seemed to be more of a
concern than safety at East Rowan High School’s graduation this morning.
Graduates strode in, some with their caps
pinned into place, others needing pins, some not caring. All under the watchful eyes of
staff and police.
Twelve police cars and an ambulance waited
outside Catawba College’s Keppel Auditorium this morning as family and graduates
filed in. A fire department Special Services truck parked in back, out of sight.
Family members needed red and yellow
tickets to get through the door, which school staff members watched vigilantly.
Police stopped people at the door to check
handbags, camera bags and anything else unusual.
‘‘It’s going smooth as
silk,’’ said Assistant Superintendent Dr. Danny Thomas.
And that’s just the way school
officials want it to go for all five Rowan-Salisbury graduations, for all 954 graduates.
School officials moved both East’s and South’s graduation to Keppel to control
security better after school shootings across the nation. |
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