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Committee recommends restoring valedictorian and salutatorian, recommends applying to class of 2029
Summary
A committee representing administrators, teachers, parents and students recommended reimplementing valedictorian and salutatorian recognitions beginning with the class of 2029, citing fairness concerns tied to weighted AP and dual-enrollment courses and recommending policy review before implementation.
A committee convened by Pulaski County Public Schools recommended that the district reinstate valedictorian and salutatorian recognitions beginning with the class of 2029, the group told the School Board.
The committee — which members said included school-division representatives, administrators, parents and teachers — reviewed survey data from spring 2024 and spring 2025, consulted comparisons with nearby divisions, and considered which incoming cohorts would be appropriate to launch the recognition. "The majority of the committee self-compelled to support" reimplementation and recommended that the class of 2029 (current eighth-graders) be the…
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