A Late Arrival for South Paulding Graduation Attendees

Limited parking at and next door led Paulding County Schools officials to shuttle those coming to Friday from nearby and .

But about 300 vying to attend remained at Austin Middle School as the ceremony began, with relief in the form of returning buses not arriving until more than 20 minutes after the event's 7 p.m. start time, while the final attendees were not picked up until 8 p.m. By the time the latter group arrived, the ceremony was half over as officials had already begun presenting diplomas.

See what two of the affected individuals had to say, and then check out some of the additional video we shot after arriving at the event.