Crittenden County High School Principal Todd Merrick said the school council decided last summer to prohibit seniors from wearing decorated mortarboards during graduation. He said that the decision was based on decorum and uniformity.
In order to placate parents and students supporting decorated caps, the school council decided Monday to give this year's Class of 2009 an option. They will be able to purchase an extra mortarboard and decorate it. They will be able to have the fancied up caps, but cannot wear them until after coronation of graduates, when tassels are moved from one side of the mortarboard to the other.
For more details, see a full story on this subject in this week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press, which will be on newsstands Wednesday after 3 p.m.
