Class president replaced as high school graduation speaker over Facebook post
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The class president at a Maine high school won't be speaking at graduation because of a Facebook post in which he urges classmates to bring nonalcoholic drinks to a senior skip day outing "because some wusses need chasers."
On the Class of 2014's private group page, 18-year-old Portland High School student Charlie Gauvin also urged that "anyone who was going to drink should make sure they had a sober driver."
Gauvin tells the Portland Press Herald he wasn't advocating for underage drinking but instead was advocating for students' well-being. He says, "In retrospect, that was not the best thing to say."
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School administrators were notified of the post and decided the class vice president should speak instead.
Classmates want administrators to reconsider and chanted Gauvin's name during commencement practice.