Dear Hoover City Schools,

We the undersigned alumni, teachers, and community members of Hoover City Schools are writing to respectfully disagree with the decision to hold an in-person graduation for two of the largest public high schools in the state of Alabama during one of the deadliest pandemics in recent history.

While we understand that graduation is a special achievement, and we want the class of 2020 to celebrate, an in-person graduation is too great a risk to students, teachers, administrators, and the Hoover community at large. Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Alabama, and no matter the precautions taken; a gathering of that size will have deadly consequences. 

We hope you will reconsider this decision and embrace a virtual graduation as a much safer way to recognize graduates while not putting our children and community at risk.

Sincerely,

Libby Mims, MD HHS Class of 2005