Principal Escorted Off School Grounds After Graduation Speech: ‘Successful People Stomp On Each Other’
30th May 2021
A Stockton, California high school principal was escorted off of school property by law enforcement officers after his controversial graduation speech, telling the crowd, “Successful people stomp on each other,” on Thursday.
Stagg High School Principal Ben Nakamura gave the graduating class of 2021 a lot to think about in his commencement speech Thursday morning. While the school board said they got many complaints saying Nakamura inappropriately used the graduation as an opportunity to complain about personal issues, some community members have said it was unfair that he was removed from the graduation.
In an email to Newsweek, Melinda Meza, a spokesperson for Stockton Unified School District, said they “received several complaints from parents that the principal at Stagg High School used the graduation as a platform for his personal grievances.”
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