School District Of Philadelphia Exploring Ways To Safely Distribute Caps, Gowns To Seniors Following Outrage
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The School District of Philadelphia says it's now exploring possible options to safely distribute caps and gowns for graduating seniors. This comes after Science Leadership Academy seniors Maddy Malloy and Louisa Strohm told Eyewitness News Tuesday they were denied their caps and gowns.
BREAKING: The Philadelphia School District has reversed course following CBS3 coverage about graduates being denied caps and gowns. They'll now be available for distribution. Watch the clip:
Posted by Joe Holden on Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The district argued that giving them out would violate stay-at-home orders.
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On Wednesday night, the students and Maddy's mom told us they were thrilled with the district's decision.
"I just feel like it's almost a sigh of relief, like OK, we've got this now, we're good," Maddy said.
"It wasn't coming from a place where I wanted this for me, it was I wanted this for all of the seniors in the city," Louisa said.
"They wanted their voices heard and they were heard. I really want to thank Dr. Hite for listening," Mary Beth Malloy said.
There is no word on the pick-up date yet.
A virtual graduation for the Class of 2020 will be held next month.