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Smerconish did a segment on this story the other day ...
My high school (after my graduation) had a similar issue ... a regular full-time student took additional 'independent study' classes and beefed up his GPA sufficiently to edge past the person who had been #1 in that class essentially from grade school. I believe the district eventually disallowed the grades from the independent study classes to be considered for graduation honors but did include them in the overall gpa for college consideration.
They were saying on the radio that the "immune disorder" was chronic fatigue syndrome ... which is newspeak for "too lazy to get out of bed but has a doctor's note".
She had an unfair advantage over her classmates and should not, IMHO, be valedictorian.
What would the district do if a kid who was totally (instead of half) homeschooled qualified for valedictory honors? I don't think we'd be even having this discussion.
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