This seems to be the message a school district near Grapevine, TX is sending with its decision to not let the valedictorian be recognized as such because she completed four years of high school in three years.
Nevermind that her GPA of 5.898 is probably the highest in the district's history, according to Grapevine-Colleyville ISD officials.
No, the real problem is that Anjali Datta is just too darn smart and didn't need four years to slog through the nonsense that passes for education in today's government schools. Who can blame her for not wanting to waste an extra year of her life?
Apparently, a "policy" -- one that you know just can't be changed, not even for an exceptionally brilliant student -- is the problem. School officials claim they've agonized over this for several weeks and, for whatever reason, they just can't bring themselves to let common sense drive the boat. The policy states that a student must complete four years of high school. Reasonable people would assume this means four years WORTH OF CREDITS. Idiots will read it as an actual term of four calendar years.
So, not only does Anjali not get to claim her title as valedictorian, she also doesn't get a one-year college scholarship awarded by the State of Texas. That award doesn't say anything about having to be valedictorian. It just says the student with the highest GPA gets it. So why doesn't Anjali Datta get the scholarship? The state says it doesn't determine this but defers to local school districts.
Back to the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD who has decided a kid with four actual years of high school under his belt -- but a lower GPA than Miss Datta -- will also be given the scholarship.
Nice going, ya'll.
Never let it be said that Texas lets intelligence stand in the way of a good screw-up.
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