How D.C.'s Haphazard Recordkeeping Meant One Student Who Thought She Graduated Didn't
Debbie Truong From A photo of Aaliyah Jones, 19, at her graduation ceremony in June 2020, captured on her mother's phone. Screenshot/ toggle caption Screenshot/ Aaliyah Jones' high school graduation from National Collegiate Prep was a daylong celebration. She wore all white under a yellow graduation gown, her straight hair stopping neatly at her shoulders from under her cap. As she walked across the stage at the socially-distanced, outdoor ceremony last June, her mother, Jessica Jackson, beamed. Jones' path to graduation was rocky. She atten...