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Jun 14, 2008 10:14 pm US/Eastern

Ceremony Held For Pittsburgh Public School Seniors

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Pittsburgh Public Schools celebrated the graduation of about 2,000 seniors from high schools in the district this weekend.

Nearly 1,000 of those students will be among first to benefit from the Pittsburgh Promise scholarships.

Former Steeler Franco Harris, board chairman of the Pittsburgh Promise, and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl attended today's commencement ceremony to honor the graduates.

"Nothing is greater than a college education," said Ravenstahl. "You look at the cost of everything nowadays, it continues to skyrocket, and there are now kids that never, ever would have been able to afford a college education that now can think about it and plan for their future."

The Pittsburgh Promise is a $250 million scholarship program designed to help students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools go to college.

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