Newark Public Schools schedules graduations at same time, forcing parents to make an impossible decision

Danielle Rose sat in her home on Monday night trying to figure out how to be in two places at once.

Her son’s eighth grade graduation at Dr. E. Alma Flagg in the North Ward started at 9 a.m. Tuesday. His little sister’s pre-K ceremony at The Leaguers, a preschool provider contracted by Newark Public Schools, started at 9:45 a.m. downtown.

But her son only had one request: He wanted both parents there…

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