By Richard Bammer
Nervous-looking, his eyes darting left and right, Kyle S. Peterson, clad in a royal blue cap-and-gown, stood just inside the Catwalk Theatre lobby at Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville.
Elgar’s familiar “Pomp and Circumstance” march would soon seep out of theater speakers to mark the start of the graduation ceremony for Peterson and 20 others in Vacaville Unified School District’s Senior Studies program, the 2 p.m. Thursday event marking the traditional step into adulthood.
Just before he walked into the theater, Peterson, 17 and a Country High student, said the end of his high school days was welcome.