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Superintendent to formalize district practice on class rank after parent inquiries
Summary
Superintendent Johnson told the board that West Irondequoit no longer awards class rank (no valedictorian/salutatorian), that the practice was not captured in a written building regulation, and that staff will draft a regulation and review impacts with families and regional data.
The West Irondequoit Central School District superintendent told the Board of Education on Dec. 19 that the district has not maintained a formal class-rank system for several years and will move to put that standing practice into writing.
"I'll be very transparent with you. There isn't 1 that was not put in writing," Superintendent Johnson said, acknowledging that while the practice of dissolving class rank and moving to broader recognition was established, the promised building regulation was never finalized. He said…
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