Black student denied valedictorian based on false "policy"
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Top HS student fights for valedictorian spot
A student has the best grade point average at Proviso East High School. Yet, he's been told he can't be valedictorian.
The student is now fighting school administrators over a policy they claim is on the books, but doesn't seem to exist.
Principal Tony Valente told them they didn't qualify for the honors, because the student started at the school as a sophomore after moving into the district. Policy requires they must have attended for at least seven semesters.
Community advocate Antoinette Gray has been working to help Sapho get the title he earned.
“There is no policy," said Gray. "They have been asked not once, but two or three times to produce that written policy. And the reason that was given by the school principal was that it was his discretion to make that decision."
A district spokesman told FOX 32 the policy is on the district's website, but we couldn't find it either.
That's such a stupid policy. If you have the best grades, you should be valedictorian. I don't think it has anything to do with race since everyone is siding with this guy, but I do think it's a policy that should be changed.
same thing happens in my area. kids who want that #1 spot move schools so they can be #1 which i think isnt fair. but i think he deserves it
I suppose the policy is fair if this happens. I know someone in my school who was denied an award for a similar reason, even though he had represented his school all his life.
Maybe with some acne meds...