'It's a big loss, and it's going to be very hard to replace.'
"This is a really important rite of passage for people, and it signifies a very important accomplishment. It's a launch point, it's a crossroads," Richard Weissbourd, a psychologist and senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, told ABC News.
Still, Weissbourd said, it may be hard for some students and their families to afford to return to campus for an in-person ceremony. High school senior, Cassandra, a first-generation high school graduate, will be attending San Diego State University in the fall. "It hurts a lot," she explained,"because we've seen all the people before us have their graduations."Like for so many other seniors in the country, McKinley's school year did not conclude the way it should have."The Class of 2020 lost its last three months of childhood," added McKinley."We never got to spend those last months being kids and making those last memories.
Valerie Boone Townsend, was heartbroken that she would not be able to see her daughter, Summer, graduate, this spring.
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