photo credit: David Rapkin
"The students turned their backs on graduation speaker Monica Garcia, LAUSD Board President, to express their displeasure to teacher layoffs and cutbacks," press materials explain. Principal Jeanette Stevens then decided to withhold the protesting students’ diplomas. "The students had completed all their graduation requirements and were within their free speech protected rights."
Today their parents are speaking out on their behalf to demand the diplomas their kids are due. Read the full story on LAist.