Sources say the principal received death threats after the situation at the graduation went viral.
The principal at the Philadelphia High School for Girls has been replaced after video of her denying diplomas to some students went viral. FOX 29's Karen Hepp and Thomas Drayton have the details.A principal at the center of a graduation fiasco at a Philadelphia high school that has since gone viral on social media has been replaced.
The graduates' families were told not to cheer and to hold their applause. Graduates were also told they could only walk across the stage. Four students at Philadelphia High School for Girls claim they were denied their diplomas on stage at graduation after their expressions of excitement drew reactions from the audience.
"After four years of high school, all these girls went through a lot - through COVID, mentally, physically - and you just humiliate them," Hafsah's mother Jasmine Reid said.Four students at Philadelphia High School for Girls claim they were denied their diplomas on stage at graduation after their expressions of excitement drew reactions from the audience.
Though the students received their diplomas after the conclusion of the ceremony, the students and their families say it does not make up for the embarrassment they faced.
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