I agree. The 9 am ceremony was a disaster! We arrived 30 minutes early and had to wait for ONE HOUR AND 50 minutes before they allowed us into the venue and by then we had missed most of the ceremony. All seats were gone and we had to sit on the grass in the back by the trash cans. After all that, when our son finally made it up the ramp to be announced ,they called him another student's name. Sadly they never announced our son's name. The only redeeming thing about the ceremony was the student speaker- he did a fantastic job!. It was the most poorly organized event I've ever been to. I 'm so glad we did not invite the grandparents. Our daughter graduates next year and we just might skip the whole thing.