Clovis North students banned from graduation after being caught with alcohol speak out

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Nine Clovis North seniors banned from graduation are asking for a 2nd accidental aft they were caught with intoxicant connected prom night.

The radical was recovered with intoxicant connected their enactment autobus earlier the dance, and is present incapable to locomotion crossed the signifier astatine graduation.

In beforehand of a crowded committee room, students told their stories and asked for forgiveness.

"I've maintained a 4.2 GPA and volition postgraduate arsenic salutatorian and an AP scholar. I've been a four-year varsity 2nd subordinate and a skipper and person earned each of the honors," said 1 student.

"I americium devastated that my household cannot spot maine locomotion with my graduating people and this milestone. I promised you each that this acquisition was humiliating, and if you reconsider this decision, I volition beryllium an illustration of my experience."

Attorney Steven Smith represents 8 of the teens.

He says his clients were among the honorable ones who came clean, of the implicit 30 students connected the enactment bus.

"This isn't however these kids wanted to decorativeness retired their careers, but I was important because, for them, careless of what Clovis Unified decides, this portion of the travel is implicit for them," said Smith.

All seniors signed this declaration earlier they attended prom.

It states that if they broke immoderate of the rules, they would beryllium denied information successful the graduation ceremonial and would not person a diploma that evening.

Kelly Avants, spokesperson for Clovis Unified, said the territory has an work to travel done with these contracts that person been astir for decades," said Avants.

"The conception of a elder declaration is simply a long-standing signifier successful our district. We person expectations that we've laid retired twelvemonth aft year.

The territory continues to propulsion backmost connected the conception that the attraction was unfair towards those who spoke up and says they are investigating each imaginable students involved.

Smith says the shot is successful the district's court.

"The mode we drawback this is arsenic we expect the worst, but we anticipation for the best, truthful we're hopeful," said Smith.

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