Speeches at graduation used to be nonpartisan, uplifting, generalized addresses to encourage optimism within graduates, whether it was at the high school or college level. But a northern Virginia school board member chose to politicize…
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Speeches at graduation used to be nonpartisan, uplifting, generalized addresses to encourage optimism within graduates, whether it was at the high school or college level. But a northern Virginia school board member chose to politicize…