There are many reasons the Class of 2014 will be unique, and graduates and their invited guests will be hearing a lot about those reasons during ceremonies to be held for Suffolk’s senior classes this Saturday and the next. But one thing will stand out for graduates from two of the city’s public schools: They will be the first Suffolk students to graduate in … Norfolk.

It’s the kind of upside-down thing one might expect at Wonderland High School, with the March Hare set to give the commencement address and the Mad Hatter dispensing diplomas and tea. But it will all be perfectly real, as Nansemond River and King’s Fork high schools will hold separate commencement ceremonies June 7 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University.

It might be hard for some parents and friends to tell whether the teacup is half full or half empty as they drive to Norfolk through the tolled rabbit hole that is the Midtown Tunnel. Indeed some folks are already shouting “Off with their heads!” in response to the School Board’s decision to move graduation ceremonies to The Ted, but the general consensus seems to be that it was a good decision.

Discussion about a change arose because of the problems the two schools in question have had in recent years finding enough space for all those who want to attend the ceremonies.

The school placed draconian limits on the number of guests each student could have in his or her school’s gymnasium for the actual event, and even so, some family members had to be turned away at the door in recent years after the fire marshal said the building had reached its capacity.

In an effort to accommodate those who were frustrated with the likelihood that most of their family and friends could only watch the ceremony on closed circuit television or by streaming video on the Internet, school officials last year had planned to hold the ceremonies outside in the schools’ stadiums. But inclement weather forced a last-minute change of plans, and more people wound up frustrated than ever.

The School Board’s finally alighted on the solution of renting the Constant Center for the two Suffolk public high schools with the biggest overcrowding problems on Graduation Day.

The decision takes the students away from the school they’ve attended so long for the celebration of the event marking the very peak of those secondary school careers, but it also guarantees that each student can bring along just about anybody he or she thinks might like to help celebrate the occasion.

It’s an imperfect solution, but it’s probably the best that could be hoped for, and it should help ensure that nobody goes away angry — not even the Red Queen.