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    Pinellas grads take lessons from a high school life that began with COVID

    By Jeffrey S. Solochek,

    29 days ago
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    From left, Seminole High seniors Kylie Boone, Emily Nichols and Lily Dixon take photos together during the Senior Sunset event on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the school stadium. Senior Sunset was a chance for the class of 2024 to gather one last time after a high school career that began during the pandemic. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]

    Seminole High senior Emily Nichols has vivid memories of the school’s 2020 “drive-by” graduation.

    Nichols — then just finishing eighth grade — sat in the passenger seat beside her older sister, whose in-person commencement ceremony was waylaid by the COVID-19 pandemic that cropped up only weeks earlier.

    “She was devastated,” Nichols said of her sister, who had regaled her with stories about how great high school was.

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