high school girl doesn't get to be valedictorian

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Grapevine High School senior Anjali Datta holds the highest grade-point average of the 471 students graduating from Grapevine High School this year.

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Grapevine High School senior Anjali Datta denied valedictorian title
05-29-08

In fact, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD officials believe her GPA of 5.898 may be the highest in the high school's history.

It's still not enough to make her the valedictorian, which brings a one-year college scholarship from the state.

Her closest competitor's GPA is 5.64. No one disputes that she's the top student in her class numerically. The problem rests with another number entirely.

Anjali rocketed through high school in only three years.

But a school district policy states: "The valedictorian shall be the eligible student with the highest weighted grade-point average for four years of high school."

I really feel bad for this girl. It is truly messed up what the district is doing, even worse is that the parents of the kid who gets to be valedictorian (even though he technically didn't earn the title) think that it is okay. How can it be okay screwing a kid out of a scholarship and the title?