An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...

An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...

A chair is temporary, just for a few hours during the graduation, and you don’t even have to acknowledge it if you don’t want to, you know. So that’s where I’m not understanding,” she said.

An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...

An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...

An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...

An empty chair at graduation is considered a “permanent memorial” and can unintentionally glorify suicide, the center said. “It doesn’t matter how you died … you should be in this room ...