Arrest warrants issued for parents who cheered high school graduates

[Xithras]

60. At my HS graduation, clapping was permitted but not cheering.

Prior to the ceremony, people were warned that the ushers would escort them out if they cheered. The problem with cheering, when you have large classes, is that the awarding of the diplomas happens fairly quickly. When they're handing out diplomas to 500 kids, they don't have time to pause every time one of the kids has a cheering section. One group screaming like crazy for their graduating kid can prevent another family from even hearing their kids name called.

There was a a bit of controversy about this when I was in HS because the policy was that, if you REFUSED to leave, you'd be given a lifetime ban. Apparently some father started cheering like crazy at one graduation and got aggressive when the ushers asked him to leave. The ushers left so as not to make the scene worse, but called the police. The guy was corralled by the police, identified on his way out, and was told that he was no longer allowed to attend functions at that school. Two years later, when his daughter graduated, he was stopped at the entrance to the building and wasn't allowed in.

This sort of thing is fairly common, even today.