You Ask: How did the school district make a mistake on my daughter's record?

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - Graduation is a big milestone for most teenagers but one local girl missed her not because of a mistake she made, but because of a mistake by the school district. She even thought she might have to go back to school with the rest of Clark County Monday.

Her family called Action News to investigate how something like this could happen.

"They took away my you know special moment for me," explained Diana Arias.

18 year old Diana Arias was finishing up her senior year at Del Sol High School last spring and already knew what she wanted to study in college.

"I want to become a nurse ," said Diana.

In February, her dream of starting college this fall was derailed when her mom opened a letter from the school district that said she didn't have enough credits to graduate.

"I was upset with her. I questioned her and she said I did go to school you know she was in class all day," said Marina Arias, Diana's mom.

So Diana made plans to go back and focused on going back to school to get those last few credits.

"I couldn't afford summer school because they said I needed five credits so I wasn't financially able to pay for it," said Diana.

A few weeks ago Diana's mom went to register her for the new school year. A counselor was looking at her records and noticed something that shocked both of them.

"He said that they forgot to add the first semester at Las Vegas High credits to her senior year at Del Sol," said Marina.

Her mom emailed Action News asking us to look into how something like this could happen.

The district said there was an error in records that impacted her graduating in June. Diana transferred schools midway through the year, but her credits didn't follow as they should have.

"I was happy but at the same time I was mad because she wasted the whole summer," said Marina.

Diana missed out on walking with her class at the graduation ceremony, and her family missed the joy of recognizing her accomplishments.

"I think graduating from high school is the biggest thing for a parent to see their kid walk with you know their class and ceremony I wanted to see that I really wanted to see that but I guess i missed that now," said Marina.

Marina says she's learned a valuable lesson from all this.

"I question all the papers that come from the school now because the principal told me how come I didn't question that with the letter I received," said Marina.

Although she missed out on graduation Diana's diploma should come in the mail in a few weeks. She plans to enroll in a nursing program in January. The principal at Del Sol even offered to pay for Diana's senior pictures out of her own pocket, but the family declined. Read more at www.ktnv.com