You've made us look great! But we can't give you anything in return. Student With Top Grades Denied Valedictorian StatusOn the advice of teachers, a student took high school classes in middle school, allowing her to finish high school in three years with the highest GPA on record in the school's history, but because she graduated in three years instead of four, the title of Class Valedictorian and the one-year scholarship that goes with it is going to the student with the second highest GPA, while she's being given a sort of consolation prize in the form of a special category being created for her ("Three Year Valedictorian"), the privileges of which basically amounts to Salutatorian, with no scholarship.
I'm torn on this. On one hand, changing school policy specifically for one student when it doesn't break any laws usually doesn't sit well with me, but on the other, like her parents said, it really does feel like she's being penalized for being too smart, especially since, if what she says is true, teachers were gently nudging her to go ahead and get her diploma.