A Fairview Heights mother has taken to social media to criticize Belleville East High School officials over how her late son will be remembered at its graduation ceremony.
Keagan Rex died in December at age 17. He was diagnosed two months earlier with epilepsy, according to his mother, Amy Morris, 40. He would have graduated on Saturday, so Morris got tickets to attend the ceremony, which will be held in the school gymnasium.
Morris wanted officials to place Keagan’s photo on an empty chair or at least read his name aloud, and perhaps do the same for other Class of 2026 students who have died…