{"id":32405,"date":"2023-05-25T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=32405"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:04:50","slug":"it-was-not-a-typical-graduation-for-lakeland-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/it-was-not-a-typical-graduation-for-lakeland-high\/","title":{"rendered":"It was not a typical graduation for Lakeland High"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Sunday afternoon, a group of administrators and coaches gathered in the school\u2019s theater, decked out in black gowns. It would be a quick ceremony for just one student: Tyrell Brooks, who had missed LHS\u2019 official graduation on Friday at the RP Funding Center.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Brooks was in Jacksonville that day competing in the Florida High School Track & Field State Championships. Being a student-athlete can involve lots of sacrifice, but <\/a>you don\u2019t expect to miss out on your high school graduation, and those memories with your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LHS Principal Art Martinez said he\u2019s never organized a commencement for just one student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was the first time,\u201d he said. \u201cI asked our admins if they would be willing to come in. I thought, let\u2019s go do something for the kid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the LHS staff found themselves on campus early Sunday afternoon. Brooks arrived with his family, dressed in his cap and gown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He walked down to the stage as \u201cPomp and Circumstance\u201d played on a Bluetooth speaker. Martinez gave a brief speech, and Brooks was formally awarded his diploma. His tassel was turned, signifying the end of his high school career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone gathered on the stage for photos, and the day was finally done. Brooks had his moment and memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a great experience,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cHe\u2019s a great kid, we just wanted to make a special moment for him. We wanted to do it, that\u2019s what we\u2019re about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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