NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Hundreds of parents were turned away from Berkeley County School District’s winter commencement ceremony Saturday morning at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center due to capacity limits.
Videos from outside the theater showed crowds of family members unable to enter the venue to watch graduates walk across the stage. Center employees told the crowd they had reached maximum capacity.
Parents described the situation as chaotic and blamed poor planning by the district. The ceremony proceeded without tickets or advance notice of limited seating…