Too Smart For Valedictorian

But the school will not designate her valedictorian because she sailed through the school in three years. The school district policy states: “The valedictorian shall be the eligible student with the highest weighted grade-point average for four years of high school.”
Using that literal criteria, the school has recognized another student with a lower GPA, 18-year-old Tyler Scott Franklin of Colleyville, as valedictorian.

“I have not heard of any educational institution penalizing a student for excellence – for completing a demanding set of classes ‘too quickly,’ ” her father, Deepak Datta complained.

School officials have created a consolation valedictorian (3 year) designation for Datta.