KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The coronavirus pandemic has forced schools to get creative in maintaining contact and learning with students.
That creativity now involves a drive-in movie theater.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Public School District announced Tuesday it will hold six nights of graduation ceremonies for its seniors at the Boulevard Drive-in Theater.
BREAKING NEWS FOR KCKPS SENIORS-- we want to thank the USD500 School Board for just approving the plan, the Mayor of Wyandotte County, and the WYCO Health Department, along with many others.…
— Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (@kckschools) April 28, 2020
Now we are happy to announce WE have plan for graduation. #kckpsontrack pic.twitter.com/AadykOo2PU
Starting June 1, graduating seniors will be able to decorate their vehicles in much the same way they would have been able to decorate their graduation caps and arrive at the drive-in.
The district said that regardless of what social distancing restrictions are in place at the time, no one will be allowed outside of their vehicles during the graduation.
District officials said they still are working out the details of the ceremony, but thanked the theater, the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County mayor’s office and the Unified Government Public Health Department for their partnership.
