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Glastonbury High School Class Of 2016 Speaker Apologizes For Similarities To Speech On YouTube

Several students complained.

GLASTONBURY, CT - A senior chosen to give Glastonbury High School's commencement address has apologized for somewhat mirroring a graduation speech from Maryland posted on YouTube, according to a Hartford Courant story.

That speech was last year.

This year, Borney Mastarreno had been selected by the school to give the class address as part of a competitive process.

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Shortly after graduation, numerous students told school officials the address was comparable to the Maryland speech.

See the full story here.

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