5th grader in wheelchair overlooked at graduation

[KamaAina]

http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/06/09/5th-grader-in-wheelchair-unable-to-cross-graduation-stage/28721449/

Trinecia Blacklock needs wheels to get around but that's never kept a smile off her face, until last Tuesday.

"We were just extremely excited," said Tonisha McCowan, Trinecia's mother. "We were waiting to see her graduate everybody was there to yell, scream, but we got shut down completely."

At Blacklock's fifth grade graduation ceremony, administrators at Link Elementary forgot she was there....

"I wish I would have gone across the stage, but they have no ramp, nothing but stairs," said Blacklock.

But, but, but I thought that Gov. Abbott had magically created access for all Texans by using a wheelchair himself!

Come to think of it, it may be just as well her family never got to yell and scream...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026772190

[tularetom]

1. IMO it's silly to have graduation ceremonies for fifth graders, but

If you're gonna do it, do it right and make it so all your fifth graders can participate, dumbasses.

OTOH, you're right, if the family yelled and screamed they might have found themselves in jail...

[newfie11]

2. How horrible

This poor kid and her family!!!

[Journeyman]

3. Truly a shame. Mistakes happen. Hopefully, the District follows through with their stated resolve...

[lunamagica]

4. Sadly, this doesn't surprise me. nt

[B Calm]

5. They have 5th grade graduation ceremonies?

[MineralMan]

7. Odd, isn't it. I remember 5th grade. For us, graduation was just the last

day of school. We went home and started our Summer vacation the next day. That was plenty good enough, as I remember. There was no 6th, 7th or 8th grade graduation, either. Not until the end of our senior year in high school was there any graduation ceremony. The rest of the years, it was just the end of school for the summer.

I don't get this celebration thing for every year of school. Makes no sense.

[B Calm]

8. We use to have a grade school graduation upon graduating the 8th grade. Around

the time I was in the 4th grade my school district opened up Jr High Schools (Middle Schools today) for the 7th-9th grades. The grade school graduation ceremonies stopped and this was in the early 60's.

[Hoyt]

6. Somebody better come up with something to make that little girl smile again. Dang.