Ungermc
Uses Gun-oil Aftershave
I'm a pretty easygoing middle aged dude, got a thick skin after 54 years and a few scars to show for it, but when you hurt my family you will receive no quarter!
Which brings me to my point; I'm the father of a Class of 2020 BCPS student, who on the evening of Friday, April 3rd had their dreams crushed by the cowardly and callus robocall and text message from BCPS Superintendent Darryl L. Williams. (Letter attached).
In this letter, with a flick of a pen, Dr. Williams denies my daughter, Victoria, and hundreds of her peers their Senior Prom, with false empathy he coldly does this giving no consideration for postponing this landmark event in our children’s lives. How many fathers had to break this news to their daughter or son tonight, how many had their daughter, like mine, sobbing in their arms pleading to them, ‘Daddy, please don’t let them do this, I worked so hard’.
Then twisting the knife deeper, the letter goes on to suggest, with an almost certainty, our kids will also be denied the honor and pride of walking across the stage in cap and gown, having toiled for and dreamt of this moment for 12 years. And to suggest a virtual-graduation is simply insulting to these fine young scholars and their families.
COVID-19 will fade and when it does, we need to restore these 2020 kids their Proms and the REAL graduation that they deserve and have earned.
Which brings me to my point; I'm the father of a Class of 2020 BCPS student, who on the evening of Friday, April 3rd had their dreams crushed by the cowardly and callus robocall and text message from BCPS Superintendent Darryl L. Williams. (Letter attached).
In this letter, with a flick of a pen, Dr. Williams denies my daughter, Victoria, and hundreds of her peers their Senior Prom, with false empathy he coldly does this giving no consideration for postponing this landmark event in our children’s lives. How many fathers had to break this news to their daughter or son tonight, how many had their daughter, like mine, sobbing in their arms pleading to them, ‘Daddy, please don’t let them do this, I worked so hard’.
Then twisting the knife deeper, the letter goes on to suggest, with an almost certainty, our kids will also be denied the honor and pride of walking across the stage in cap and gown, having toiled for and dreamt of this moment for 12 years. And to suggest a virtual-graduation is simply insulting to these fine young scholars and their families.
COVID-19 will fade and when it does, we need to restore these 2020 kids their Proms and the REAL graduation that they deserve and have earned.