The Region - News from May 30, 1986

Archbishop Roger M. Mahony has set up a panel to try to reach a compromise in a dispute between administrators at a Roman Catholic high school in San Pedro and a 17-year-old honor student who has been barred from graduation because she is pregnant and unmarried. Mahony said the five-member committee will reach a decision before next Friday, when commencement exercises are scheduled at Mary Star of the Sea High School. Lisa Martinez, a straight-A student and vice president of the student body, has been told that she cannot participate in the ceremonies because she is 6 1/2 months pregnant. “Fortunately, the graduation is still a week off so we still have time to reach what we feel would be a good compromise and would settle the needs of everybody,” Mahony said.