Senior column by Alexandra Sternlicht | Graduation

Graduation is the biggest cliché. It’s paper plates in aisle one of Party City, it’s the “Keep Calm and Carry On” dorm room poster of momentous occasions, it’s the Murray Hill of post-grad addresses.

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Michael Karp is sitting in the faculty office at Belmont Charter School, the elementary school he founded in 1997.