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"The decision has not been made without a lot of consideration and care, but we believe this is the right thing to do given the anticipated weather conditions for this evening," Appleton West Principal Mark McQuade wrote in a message to families Thursday, adding that if the ceremony were held outdoors amid heavy rain, livestreaming would not be possible. Masks will still be required and, to encourage physical distancing, each graduate will receive only two tickets. Graduates were supposed to receive four each if the ceremony was held outdoors. Appleton West's ceremony will be broadcast live...

If anything changes, Hershman said, parents won't hesitate to change course. When students sign up for tickets, not only are they required to agree to a code of conduct asking them to mask and social-distance, among following other COVID and general safety measures, they're required to acknowledge that if the state of the pandemic worsens, parents reserve the right to cancel. "We want to keep our community as safe as possible," Hershman said. To Kjorlien, it means the world. "The class of 2021 kind of got ripped off," Kjorlien said. "Having this prom is going to give us the closure we nee...