Kai Aceto was by no means reluctant to get into the Southern Regional High School gymnasium and about an hour later start the lengthy walk around the building and out to the football field with her classmates. But she was feeling a bit whimsical.
“I’m so ready to graduate,” said the senior, one of 397 who participated in Southern’s 69th commencement ceremony on June 16. “But as I got ready to come back to the school this afternoon, I cried a lot.
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