This is why the generation rising up is so awful bc you have terrible parents WHO FAIL to hold them accountable.

No, my heart doesn't break for these parents or students. We have to these parents and students accountable. That's why these kids feel they can do anything and get away with it. The the big real world have consequences and so should the school system. Control your kids parents don't let your kids Control you. Now both ya"ll looking crazy. I agree with the decision. 😊

How embarrassing it must have been to have the pictures of your child posted on the internet to be forever known as the kids who didn’t walk on graduation for bad behavior.

These kids knew they where told prior to that day that they were not allowed to walk due to behavior or attendance issues. The parents just choose to disregard it.

This happened to me in 8th grade back in 08 and guess what my parents said...I guess you should've got your school work done when they said. Its called owning up to your mistakes. Love my parents

Actions have consequences. This is a good lesson in accountability for both the children and their parents. I work at a school and a applaud this school for following through on the consequences.

So his segment was to argue AGAINST holding people/students accountable for their actions in schools.

I am a former Dean of Students in Colorado for both middle/high school students. These parents know damn well their children weren't allowed to attend graduation. The crazy thing is that these children's parents allow them to run their homes and act a fool at home, and then they bring that same Energy and Nonsense to school every day. There were discussions with these parents about their badass kids and it fell on deaf ears so good for the school for following through with their consequences because this is more than likely the first time these children and their parents have been held accountable!!!

This report should have been titled: “8th Grade students did not meet minimum behavioral expectations required to graduate”

Listen up parents, your kids know what to do at school - behave. Follow rules. Dont presume - when consequences are enforced - your child is the exception. They are not. High school awaits - if you dont want to counsel your child to follow the rules during their high school years either - please, please PLEASE homeschool them. Period. Your non compliant child isnt being wronged here. You as the parent need to tell them why. Graduation from middle school isnt their entitlement. And they know it. So do you. When they dont or wont follow school rules.

Make your kids follow the rules and stop expecting to be rewarded for bad behavior.

Control your damn kids and they can walk again four years down the line

holding people/students accountable for their actions in school am i missing something ?

It;s about time they are held accountable for their actions. Sounds like they knew they weren't supposed to attend but went anyway. Get used to the life where you play by the rules kiddos!

Meh, this kind of makes sense. I've never understood why middle schools graduate and pass failing students along. It sounds like these kids did not earn their graduation. I had a lot of problems with learning and didn't graduate high school. It was sad when I got the letter in the mail saying that I was ineligible and wouldn't be able to walk. It was depressing but I didn't show up and demand to be allowed in. I hadn't earned it. I got my GED and am in community college now, I'm excited for when I graduate next spring and will get to accept a diploma I did earn. Hopefully this is a sign for these kids to get it together, life is not full of rewards for no effort. They are quickly becoming young adults and need to learn that.

But why they being turned away tho? Acting out in class? Giving the teacher a hard time? Fighting? Cutting class? Y’all kids been acting a fool the whole year and now they’re paying for it!

Discipline your children so others and jail doesnt have to

This was a waste of time! These kids knew what the deal was and now the parents are looking stupid.

Proud of this administration and school!

BAD KIDS NEED TO BEHAVE GET THE FACTS JACK !!

says the perpetual victim

Why is there a graduation ceremony for the 8th grade?

The parents playing stupid and taking their kids anyways are just projecting wrong values. The kids let themselves down and the parents further perpetuated ignorance and in the end no one wins.

They know who these students are. You conduct yourselves like animals all year long. That's right. Animals. They did the right thing. Next will be crime then prison. The girls will get pregnant and the cycle will continue. Some things never change. The school did great job.

Good for the school, and THUMBS-DOWN for this FOX news story. It's time to hold the actions of bad behavior accountable. It's a good thing the superintendent is black otherwise these parents would have screamed racism, and possibly tried to sue the school.

The ONLY graduation I ever experienced BEFORE college was a HIGH SCHOOL graduation. NOW, we have graduations from EVERY GRADE, pretty much. Takes away from the SIGNIFICANCE of a HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE GRADUATIONS!

I'm pretty sure the parents are lieing about not having a bad kid.

Screw them. Reverse the bad behavior and mega props to the district for keeping the problems out of graduation

Reform school or summer school for them that don't B e h a v e *

These parents are the problem... hats off to riverview for holding these kids accountable period.. parents like this dont see wtong in their kids and thats why kids are the way they are.. the school did right.

Toxic parents are enabling this type of behavior. This is sad because now the children think they are victims and Don't see anything wrong with their behavior.

There’s no way they didn’t know that the kids had bad attendance or was fighting in school . Stop expecting exceptions and being rewarded for bad behavior.

Good!!! Now try not graduating them until they can read, write, and do basic math!!!!!!!

Boo hoo says the perpetual victim.

I think kindergarten and 8th grade graduations are ridiculous. There are two graduations that should be celebrated, high school and college. This is definitely a product of the participation trophy generation.

Sorry but I was kicked out of school and deserved it. Many of my friends also. How many hours of time from my fellow students did I take away with my disruption?? How many staff members did I break down mentally? Now that I have been a father and have a career, I understand what I put people through and understand I was wrong. This young girl needs to put her burden on Jesus Christ and follow his path. My mother never saw me graduate high school and she is just fine. You don't get everything you want in life.

They upset because the 8th grade graduation is the only graduation they family make it to.

If the parents had proof that their kids had been wronged; they would have produced it. They would have mentioned discipline reports/grades/attendance records. The fact that they didn’t, speaks volumes. I’m Sure no students in good standing were excluded. THE BAD THING IS… they were still promoted, despite of obviously having serious issues.

The policies and procedures were in place abide by rules and no problems. Sometimes you should look in the mirror and say I screwed up and take responsibility.

As a parent I applaud the school for not allowing those kids in the graduation. Those parents chose to be ignorant and pretended they didn’t know the reason. They were probably hopeful they would change their mind at the door but clearly that’s not the case. They need to teach their children accountability because every action has consequences. Glad the school is standing their ground.

People, keep up with your kids. Not showing up for school, not doing the work, not passing tests. You don't get to graduate. Get with the program parents!!! Teachers are sick of rewarding bad students!!!

This just happened to Lowery Elementary in Houston. A woman threw a fit because they had a firecode limit and wouldn’t allow her to bring all her young kids in. She decided to film it all, post it on social media, lie about what happened and ask for donations. Fatima Hernandez is her name

This is why we have kids who don’t think rules apply to them. They have parents who teach them that🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

So the reporter believes students who break the rules need rewards. Why doesn’t he let them come and work for him as interns - I’m sure he would love them not following directions, showing up late if not at all, and not completing tasks he asks them so do. He will then need to throw them a party after the internship is over

Parents and guardians need to start disciplining and telling their child or children the consequences of their actions!🤬 Also, teachers and other staff members at school shouldn’t be afraid to discipline children when they are misbehaving. Quit rewarding bad behavior! Nowadays, parents and guardians often tell the school staff that their child or children don’t know any better and don’t deserve to be punished.

lols This is what accountably actually looks like. Do you know what the difference is between the kids that were allowed to attend and the kids that were not? The difference is choices they made concerning their own behavior. The bad choices the kids made are a product of their upbringing. Mail them their diploma and go on with your life.

Good. You wanna act a fool you do not get to participate in things. I bet they only got passed along to high school because they do not want to deal with them.

They were informed that their kids would not be graduating because they didn’t go to school or get good grades. But teachers are the bad ones really and you wonder why we’re all thinking all these kids are full of entitlement because these parents are teaching them accountability and actions have consequences.

It makes no sense how you have to be informed whether you've met a requirement or not. You've been with yourself this entire time, have you not? You know whether or not you were doing things everyday. Were these kids crying when they were on their phones during class not handing anything in? Probably not. Just "promoted" a whole bunch of 8th grade students myself, and the way these parents were begging, pleading, clamoring for their students to just get pushed to passing for goofing all year is pathetic. Play that game now, but I can assure you hardly any of them are ready for high school and they're just going to keep stumbling forward if you don't make your kid shape up and step up.

You should be embarrassed for failing to raise a kid properly. Take responsibility.

If 8th grade graduation is “your moment “ you are seriously underachieving

To all parents. Instead of being upset about your kids not being able to walk because of bad grades, bad behavior be the parent and not a friend by holding them accountable.

why tf would you issue high school diplomas to these kids then not allow them to graduate???if they had bad attendance or was fighting all the time why issue a diploma????make it make sense.

If your child is being disapplied there MAY be a reason. Now when I went to school I got caught in a trap. If you're late you get detention 3 detentions removes you from clubs etc I was late by 1 minuet, had to get a slip, standing in line to get the slip made me late again so I had to get an other one and that made me late again which made me get an other one which made me made which got me detention We also had a resent example from a friend of a friend, there kid was in the hospital, misses an assignment, failed, got disqualified from graduation. So there are unfair moments and teachers some times do discipline the victim not the bully but normally schools let the parents know if there is an issue and that reason should have been given to the parents at the turn away or sooner If those kids broke rules then they must suspect the reason why either way its only half a story.

Badass kids

I have retired after 26 years in public education and saw many of these same things. It shocked me when I returned from Asia in the early 1990s and saw how behind our students were compared to what I saw in China, Taiwan, and Japan. Many of our students here in the States are not ready to compete with their Asian counterparts. The Asian systems are built on merit and you compete to get into the best high schools and universities based on tests and grades. Those that do not strive to learn, show up, or behave are shown a track for vocational work and are taught a useful trade. I hold a MA in East Asian Studies Chinese, a Fulbright Scholarship in Japan, and a Fulbright Scholarship in China.

Her moment was when she fighting in the middle of school😂😂 or when she not even there🤣

Be mad at your kid not the school

Doesn’t seem like that made their stance clear, by sending letters home to students barred from graduating

The parents will never tell the truth. They know why them kids we're turned away. There are consequences for your actions.

Then teach them to be a responsible young adult, that follows the rules. Teach them accountability!

I can’t believe this reporter even covered this story after finding out why.

You called the news down to get Publicity and it backfired each of these parents receive donkey of the day awards😂😂

Consequences for behavior? Poor grades? Poor attendance? Gasp!

Accountability! Schools should keep kids accountable. Consequences for their actions. Especially as their parents can't seem to. 👏👏👏 News being biased again to gain popularity and sympathy rather than facts and remaining neutral.

Her moment to now get her act together.

So did any of those parents ask WHY would the school not allow THEIR child to attend graduation? It's not like they cancelled the graduation. So I would ask why MY child, before I got on the news pretending like I didn't have a clue! I was a bus driver! There are parents who KNOW their kids are bad as hell but they don't care! They pretend like it's ok for their kids to be disrespectful and unruly! It may be ok in YOUR HOUSE but everybody isn't putting up with that FOOLISHNESS! #PERIOD.

Maybe you should make sure your kids are attending classes, passing their classes, and behaving. She should be embarrassed and so should the parents.

Why would they show up if that were true. People aren't going to show up if they truly got a letter or concerned about any attendance etc issues

I can believe the parents didn’t see the mail about school problem. Because I’ve been a kid before. And if I knew that there was going to be mail from school that I could get in trouble about, especially if I got home before my parents, I would try to get that mail before they did. It’s not hard to put that 2 and 2 together.

So they were told they couldn’t graduate before and the parents thought they could just show up and force them to let them participate? Yeah this is what’s wrong with these kids. These parents think they can just do whatever and that’s why their kids are so awful.

Why is the news acting like the school did the kids wrong?

I do not understand how this is news. You can't walk unless you pass. They did not pass

I am so glad that these parents show themselves for who they really are. Sometimes you cnt fix stupid

It's about time if kids don't behave they get punishment even taking it further. Repeat 8th grade

Love it

True dat!

if only they were denied then its something wrong on their end

On one hand, as someone who missed his both his little brother's middle AND high school graduation, i completely sympathize with those parents feeling like they're being robbed froma great lofe moment, on the other thankfully it wasn't because my brother didn't do anything bad, just that certain circumstances prevented me from attending at all. Meaning i kinda agreed woth the school staff here. Depending how the kid does in school , the rewards are either glorious or tragic. Its a cruel but much needed lesson for children AND parents to realize their faults and work on them, so things like this will never happen again.

Good job School district holding these kids accountable because their parents don't. And Shame on the news. Acting like these kids are victims.

I didn't hear everything,they spoke so fast; did the whole class not get inside or was it just the badbehaving kids that didn't get inside?

Just quit school and get pregnant.

She is illegitimate to participate in the ceremony lol.

Wheee was all this energy all year long when yoir kids were acting out, missing school, getting bad grades? Make it make sense!

Did he really just say, "True that"?! Lol

Did all the 8th graders fail or something????

This is such a half assed, one sided piece of reporting. You’re enabling parents who teach their kids to be victims instead of being accountable. They didn’t make grades, they didn’t go to school, or they acted foolish AND YOU GOT NOTIFIED. Make sure you follow up in four years when they’re singing the same song because their kids aren’t graduating.

Shame on this news reporter.. GET THE WHOLE STORY.

They were there for the photos, so they could floss on Facebook, please. They knew, the kids don’t care, and neither do the parents. Then they want to act surprised. My son missed days of school, out of his volition. Guess what, homeboy had to serve detention so he could walk, and he made sure to that, so he wouldn’t be embarrassed!

She is wrong because the school district while I work for I work in the high school if the kids had had poor attendance got into fight they did not stop them from walking across the stage now if they fail a class they still was allowed to walk but they had to attend summer school to make up that class they just didn't get that diploma until they completed their classes

Why go if you can't graduate? I feel that was on them for still going

I can understand the rules. But the Attendance part. If it wasn’t an excused absence then fine.

They never take accountability, it’s always racism or someone else’s fault. My best friend couldn’t go to prom because he broke the clock on the wall near the gym after getting into a fight with his girlfriend. That was that, he took the punishment, his parents called him a dumbass. There’s none of that anymore.

The school promote them so they don't have to see them again..

Bravo school! Do the work for the reward. They shouldn't be graduating at all. This is why we ha e adults who can't read or write we worry about feelings and not actual education! Shame on the parents!

FA throughout the school year? FO on graduation day!

Shame on the parents trying to embarrass there children just for clout and to make a invisible scene😂😂😂😂 you know 8th grade graduation doesn't matter or count. Ive never had one but we are in a small country town where parents and kids dont act like this

Consequences

I'm going with rage, why did this happen!? 😠

Kids and parents fault for not meeting the requirements for their kids graduation ceremony. That's what happens when they don't follow the rules.