You sure that hasn’t simply been corrected recently?
The writer claims, "On September 16 of this year, National Merit sent a letter to Bonitatibus listing 240 students recognized as Commended Students or Semi-Finalists. . . . But homeroom teachers didn’t distribute the awards until Monday, November 14..."
Yet, my last post links to the list of 2023 Semifinalists on the school's website back in September. (Names of semifinalists are also published in newspapers.)
The writer claims the school has been withholding notification from the Commended Students so that lower scorers won't feel bad.
But... that can't be the reason. Semifinalists have higher scores than Commended Students. And the school proudly announced the Semifinalists.
The school system also posted the names of its 2022 Semifinalists, 2022 Winners, 2021 Scholarship Recipients, and so on. If this story were about hurt feelings, why would the school hide notifications from the Commended Students but proudly announce the names of students who scored even higher or won scholarships?
Someone dropped the ball with the paperwork, that's all, and the writer wants to make it sound political. Just noticed these emails show the principal signed the certificates in time. But, the department charged with distributing the large number of certificates delayed handing them out.
Now, this story has gone viral, and people are having a kneejerk reaction to it.