“the letter of the law brings death...”
GPA 5.898????? Talk about grade inflation!
In the real world, 4.0 was it, and very few (if any) achieved it.
Well, with the prospect that the 5.64 mom will sue so her child gets the scholarship, it’s pro’ly important that they look at the letter of the law. Chances are that both of the students will have plenty of scholarship offers but if mom #2 is already grumbling, common sense takes a back seat when lawyers enter the picture.
Call the two top students co-valedictorians. Problem solved...
Why have rules if their not to be followed.
i doubt very seriously that this person will every have to pay a dime for a damn good education.
With those kinds of grades she can pick and choose where she wants to go and what she wants major in.
The student will be in high demand so I do not feel sorry for her.
However, the school could make her an honorary covaldictorian.
isn’t this the same kind of stunt Harvard pulled on AlGore?
Looks like the golden opportunity for the ersatz valedictorian to do the right thing and step aside, bureaucrats be damned.
Happened to dh. Long term consequences - zero.
I guess thats what being a strict constructionist is with regards to school policy.
Well, I don’t want to sound too much like bill clinton, but it depends what the meaning of “4 years” is.
It seems to me that if she succeeded in doing a full 4 years worth of work in just 3 years, that that should certainly qualify her for the scholarship. If she didn’t do the full amount of work, then why is she being graduated?
The rule is the rule. No need whining about it. I would rather cut a year off high school than win the silly prize, anyway.
clearly the intent was that the school work take not longer than 4 years.
3 years is better.
so, ok.
That’s the edumacation system for you. :-)
School was fun back then.
She has a perfect ACT score, and will not be hurting for scholarships. I guess you have to go by the letter of the law on this one. Seems they’re conceding in the best way they know how by calling her Valedictorian-3 year, so all she’s missing out on is the 1 year scholarship.
My kid didn’t go to high school, just did dual credit at the local college during his high school years, so I’m not sure how high school GPAs are figured these days. But, back in my day, you could get 5 points for honor or AP classes if you scored an A. Therefore your grade point could be 5.0, I’m not sure how you score about a 5.0, they must have changed the grade points on AP or honors courses.
I only went for 3 1/2 years, no wonder I didn’t win.
It took me 5 years and 2 1/2 months to finish high school. This kid did it in 3.
I don’t know why I bother sometimes.
The article makes it clear that the rule was intended to keep late transfers from stealing the show. That is clearly not the case here. And a counselor, she says, told her that graduating early would not jeopardize her bid for valedictorian.
All in all, this was a very stupid decision on the part of the school administration. No excuse for this kind of bad judgment. Fire the idiots. No one that stupid should be responsible for the education of our children.