According to the Press Herald, the superintendent of School Administrative District 6, Suzanne Lukas, would not discuss specific students or disciplinary action but said she simply enforced the rules that each student was expected to reaThe newspaper said one student was kicked out and a diploma withheld from another. Several parents said some audience members booed and shouted at administrators. The Portland Press Herald reported that Friday's commencement at the Cumberland County Civic Center included the bouncing of a giant inflatable rubber duck in the air and a crackdown by school administrators. Some parents are calling for a review of commencement policies after disruptions marred the traditional pomp and circumstance at Bonny Eagle High School's graduation.
"No arrests were made," Cumberland County Sheriff's Department Deputy Chief Kevin Joyce said. "The individual that was escorted off the stage was asked to leave the civic center. He was to the point where the deputy was starting to get to the point where he wanted to arrest the individual, but gave him several opportunities to settle down. Eventually, he took off his cap and gown and threw it at the deputy and walked out the civic center." WMTW tried to contact the district's superintendent and the school's principal, but neither returned the calls by Monday evening.
As a mother of three highly intellegent daughters who ever once in a while decide to act out, I think Suzanne Lukas is an ass. Signed rules or not, what that boy did was not a disruption. To deny him his diploma, at a time of great achievement in his and his parents eyes, is a disgrace. She is using her power as a Superintendent to make some ridiculous point. She should be ousted. As far as the bouncing balls, that is traditional at all graduation. Get a life, Suzanne, your kids will be grown someday. Cannot wait to se how they turn out.
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