high school girl doesn't get to be valedictorian

[SydneyK]

It's a shame that this girl was advised by her guidance counselor to complete early; that's a big goof on the counselor's part. Surely she (the counselor) would've looked into all the repurcussions before making such a suggestion. In fact, I find her bad advice to be more of a concern than the odd "four-year" policy.

I feel bad for Anjali, but the combination of a three year HS completion with a stellar GPA and a perfect ACT score leads me to believe she won't need the valedictorian title to secure a scholarship.

And while I feel badly for this student, I agree with Senusret. Policies are put in place for a reason, and in today's climate of helicopter parenting, I applaud the school for backing its policy instead of bending to appease disgruntled parents. Perhaps this will be a springboard for changing the policy (since this type of situation is not the reason the policy was put in place) if that's what the school board thinks is best.

[33girl]

It's a stupid techincality in the way the district's policy is written. All they need to do is fix it (fix it, fix it - sorry too much Danity Kane last night LOL) to say the highest GPA is the valedictorian, period, and it'll be OK going forward.

Like B said in her original post, if the guy who was given the honor and didn't deserve it would man up and say she's the one who should get it, there wouldn't be an issue. But I guess that's a rather quaint concept nowadays.