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So the big winner wound up losing. What a pathetic, predictable end to the Blair Hornstine saga. I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me that suing the school district for $2.7 million and settling for a mere $60,000 means she suffered a fate far worse than being co-valedictorian. Especially because most of the dough will go to the lawyers. Blair's measly cut - $15,000 - won't even buy her a semester at Harvard. Not that she could use it there, because Harvard rejected her, too. Talk about a summer of discontent. First, Blair filed - and won - a...

Blair Hornstine, whose court battle to be her high school's sole valedictorian ended up throwing her life in turmoil, settled her differences with the Moorestown School District yesterday to the tune of $60,000 - all but $15,000 to pay her lawyers. She had originally sought $2.7 million. In agreeing to the out-of-court settlement, the Moorestown Board of Education admitted no wrongdoing and said it accepted the agreement in part to limit its legal costs. Both sides agreed they would not appeal a federal judge's ruling in May that blocked the school district's attempt to change its rules to name more...

The case of the New Jersey valedictorian comes to an end as the teen settles her lawsuit with the town. BLAIR HORNSTINE has settled her lawsuit against Moorestown Township. Hornstine is the recent graduate of Moorestown High School who sued the town in order to remain sole valedictorian. The settlement was reached late yesterday afternoon. According to the settlement papers, Blair Hornstine will receive $60,000--$45,000 of which is earmarked for attorneys' fees. Hornstine's original suit sought $2.7 million in damages and by the end of June insiders were estimating that her lawyers' tab was already near $50,000. The board of...

A Moorestown teen who sued to be her high school's sole valedictorian settles a lawsuit with the town's school board. Blair Hornstine sued the school for $2.7 million after the Moorestown Board of Education sought to revise the school's valedictorian policy to allow for more than one student to hold the top honor. Hornstine, who sought to be the only valedictorian in the class of 2003, remains valedictorian, but will get only $15,000 from the litigation. The school district and its insurance carriers agreed to pay $60,000 to settle the case. Of that, $45,000 will go to Hornstine's lawyers, according...

IN THE END, being the sole valedictorian of her class was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Blair Hornstine. Harvard University has apparently rescinded its offer of admission to the controversial disabled Moorestown High School valedictorian, according to a report yesterday in the Ivy League school's university newspaper. Citing an unnamed source, the Harvard Crimson said the university's admissions committee has decided to revoke Hornstine's acceptance to the Class of 2007 after learning that portions of articles she wrote for the teen section of her hometown newspaper had been plagiarized from other sources or had not been...

Decision follows allegations of plagiarism by controversial admit Harvard has revoked its admission of Blair Hornstine, the prospective member of the Class of 2007 who made national headlines when she sued her school system to ensure she would be her high school’s sole valedictorian. Following a widely-publicized report that Hornstine had plagiarized material in articles she wrote for her local paper, the Harvard admissions office has rescinded her offer to attend Harvard in the fall, according to a source involved with the decision. Her acceptance came under scrutiny after her local newspaper, the Courier-Post, reported that Hornstine had “misused sources”...

Originally published on Friday, July 11, 2003 in the News section of The Harvard Crimson. Harvard Takes Back Hornstine Admission OfferBy ELIZABETH W. GREEN and J. HALE RUSSELLCrimson Staff Writers Harvard has revoked its admission of Blair Hornstine, the prospective member of the Class of 2007 who made national headlines when she sued her school system to ensure she would be her high school’s sole valedictorian. Following a widely-publicized report that Hornstine had plagiarized material in articles she wrote for her local paper, the Harvard admissions office has rescinded her offer to attend Harvard in the fall, according to...