Round Rock ISD's class of 2020 seniors will get the opportunity to walk across the stage in an in-person commencement ceremony, the district announced in a news release. The commencement walk will be held at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex from May 18-23, with a designated day per high school, according to the release. Guest arrival times will be staggered, with a maximum of four guests allowed from the same household per student.
The ceremony will include graduates walking across the field to Pomp and Circumstance to receive their diploma covers. School principals, Superintendent Steve Flores, RRISD board of trustees members and professional photographers will be in attendance, the release states.
The in-person commencement walks will adhere to Gov. Greg Abbott's Phase 1 reopening provisions that allow for 25% occupancy, RRISD spokesperson Maritza Gallaga confirmed in a May 5 email. Gallaga said the events were designed with social distancing measures in mind.
"As each family and their car enter the stadium, they will be placed on the queue, which will determine the order they enter the stadium," Gallaga said. "As they wait, they are asked to do so in their cars so the only time they are allowed in the stadium is once the appropriate amount of graduates and their families have exited and space is available."
