Most of the high schools here have all students wear a gown in the school's main color. Here's what ticks me off. We now have 10 red gowns in this house because every year, our kids' high school's graduation advisor swears up and down that the gowns have changed and that we have to order a new one. Lies! They have been the same since 2000 and I wonder if the district is getting a kickback for each gown sold. For a couple of years, it was even a package with your diploma so you absolutely had to buy it.
Now they're a bit more relaxed about it and have even let our kids use their older siblings' honor cords and NHS stoles. This, at least, is saving us a boatload of money.
In the meantime, I'm wondering if there's a choir anywhere that wants 10 red gowns.
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