HIGH SCHOOL THREATENS $1,030 FINE FOR CHEERING GRADUATES

Greenville High School in South Carolina has informed students and parents that cheering during the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony could result in a $1,030 fine. At a recent assembly explaining the graduation process, one slide said, “Since graduation is a dignified and solemn occasion, graduating seniors and their guests should behave appropriately. Please ask your guests not to call out, cheer, whistle, or applaud during the reading of names and presentation of diplomas. The citation for family members yelling out is $1,030.” It is not currently clear how that amount came about, the Greenville News reported. A spokesperson for Greenville County Schools said that the Greenville Police Department will be at the ceremony and they “have the authority to cite and/or fine people in the audience who create a disturbance or disruption. We want the name of every graduate to be heard. If there is cheering and disruption, it can ruin the moment for the next student in line who has also worked hard to achieve the recognition and deserves to have their moment.”
* They really ought to teach freedom of speech in high school again.
* The first guess was that $1,030 is the principal’s monthly mortgage payment.
* It’s a $1,000 fine for cheering, and the extra 30 bucks will go into a police fund to defend against the class action suit by everybody they fine.
* Do not call out, cheer, whistle, or applaud. And sit up straight and get rid of that gum.