Arlotto: Anne Arundel graduation days made possible by perseverance, partnerships

There the two words every high school student — especially those in a senior class — long to hear: graduation day. In each of the last two years, that has meant something a little different. Members of the Class of 2020, who graduated at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, had a collective virtual ceremony but received their diplomas in one of the most unusual ways possible as they drove to their schools and stood individually with their school principal on small stages or sidewalks to be handed the crowning achievement of their scholastic careers.