School official presses charges for cheering at graduation, Ursula Miller realized that when she yelled her niece's name after she got her confirmation at a north Mississippi secondary school graduation, she would most likely be requested that leave the enclosure.
However, she never expected Senatobia school area Superintendent Jay Foster, who trained onlookers to hold their cheers until after all understudies graduated, would document criminal charges against her. Mill operator, an inhabitant of the 8,000-man town 30 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, is one of three individuals confronting wrongdoing allegations of irritating the peace taking after the May 21 Senatobia High School graduation.
"I saw as a result I would be escorted out of the graduation, yet nobody let me know there would be criminal charges against me," Miller, 45, told The Associated Press in a phone meeting Wednesday.
Foster didn't react to demands for input Tuesday from the AP. He told The Clarion-Ledger daily paper that the conduct indicated lack of regard to different graduates.
"I did go and sign papers on them for aggravating the peace," he said. "My point is not to have someone need to pay cash, but rather I need them to know there are outcomes for their conduct, and I need us to have a noble administration."
Zabe Davis, the police boss at Northwest Mississippi Community College, which facilitated the graduation, said Foster swore out charges against three individuals. Mill operator said a constable served her with the charges Monday morning at home. Pending in Tate County Justice Court, they convey a fine of up to $500 and a sentence of up to six months in prison. Mill operator said she should show up in court Tuesday.
Foster said he's attempted to elevate graduations, halting upheavals of cheering that keep other understudy from listening to their own particular names. He said one understudy jumped a month ago when the cheering ended the hush.
"The expression all over when she was going over the stage simply reminded me, this is about the children," he said. "Such a large number of things nowadays, on the off chance that I needed to aggregate it up in a couple words, its about me. However, this is most certainly not. This is about the graduates."
In any case, Miller said she was just attempting to praise her niece's accomplishment.
"That is our specialty in our family, is we commend this event," Miller said. "She merited that cheer and I would do it once more."
However, she never expected Senatobia school area Superintendent Jay Foster, who trained onlookers to hold their cheers until after all understudies graduated, would document criminal charges against her. Mill operator, an inhabitant of the 8,000-man town 30 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, is one of three individuals confronting wrongdoing allegations of irritating the peace taking after the May 21 Senatobia High School graduation."I saw as a result I would be escorted out of the graduation, yet nobody let me know there would be criminal charges against me," Miller, 45, told The Associated Press in a phone meeting Wednesday.
Foster didn't react to demands for input Tuesday from the AP. He told The Clarion-Ledger daily paper that the conduct indicated lack of regard to different graduates.
"I did go and sign papers on them for aggravating the peace," he said. "My point is not to have someone need to pay cash, but rather I need them to know there are outcomes for their conduct, and I need us to have a noble administration."
Zabe Davis, the police boss at Northwest Mississippi Community College, which facilitated the graduation, said Foster swore out charges against three individuals. Mill operator said a constable served her with the charges Monday morning at home. Pending in Tate County Justice Court, they convey a fine of up to $500 and a sentence of up to six months in prison. Mill operator said she should show up in court Tuesday.
Foster said he's attempted to elevate graduations, halting upheavals of cheering that keep other understudy from listening to their own particular names. He said one understudy jumped a month ago when the cheering ended the hush.
"The expression all over when she was going over the stage simply reminded me, this is about the children," he said. "Such a large number of things nowadays, on the off chance that I needed to aggregate it up in a couple words, its about me. However, this is most certainly not. This is about the graduates."
In any case, Miller said she was just attempting to praise her niece's accomplishment.
"That is our specialty in our family, is we commend this event," Miller said. "She merited that cheer and I would do it once more."
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