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Board repeals class-rank policy after hours of public comment on GPA-based graduation gowns
Summary
After more than an hour of student and community public comment opposing a proposed graduation practice that would separate students by GPA (different gown colors/placement), the District 11 Board repealed Policy I-CASEY, moving honors/protocol details into administrative regulation and promising further engagement on graduation logistics.
The Colorado Springs School District No. 11 Board of Education voted on April 1 to repeal Policy I-CASEY, the board policy that laid out weighted grade‑point calculations and a Latin‑honors protocol, after an extensive public‑comment period in which students, parents and community members urged the board to reconsider a practice many saw as divisive.
Students and parents from Palmer High School and other district schools argued that distinguishing graduates by gown color or placement based on GPA would publicly mark some students at their ceremony and could discourage students from choosing rigorous courses such…
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