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Central Unified to review valedictorian rules after confusion and student concerns
Summary
After board members raised concerns about a policy that requires an A or B in every course for valedictorian status, district staff will model how many students would be affected and return with a proposed board policy and timeline for consideration.
Central Unified trustees directed administrators to return with numbers and a policy timeline after a lengthy discussion about the district’s valedictorian criteria at the Dec. 9 organizational meeting.
Assistant Superintendent McLennan said the district’s current administrative criteria requires “students must have an a or a b in all courses” and still maintain a 4.0 or greater to be recognized as valedictorian. The standard was developed by a 2022 committee of high-school principals, area administrators and college-and-career staff, McLennan said, and…
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