Six students absent from junior high school graduation ceremony sit on balance beam without being shown to their seats... Saitama City Board of Education issues stern warning to school principal

[Yomiuri Shimbun] It was revealed on the 16th that six graduates who had not attended school sat on the balance beam at the graduation ceremony of a municipal junior high school in Saitama City. The city's Board of Education gave a severe warning to the principal for "response that was extremely lacking in consideration," and the school apologized to the six students and their parents. According to the city's Board of Education,