Texas school taken to court over who was their top performing student

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleLegacy The School for Sport Sciences in Texas was taken to court amidst a dispute between two students over the valedictorian title.Senior Nathan Olivarri was initially named valedictorian but the charter school later said it would give the honour to a junior with a higher GPA, prompting a lawsuit from Olivarri's family. Olivarri's family argued the junior's GPA was improperly calculated and that the change was too late in the academic year according to the student handbook. A judge ruled in favour of Nathan Olivarri, ordering that he be named valedictorian and allowed to deliver a speech at the graduation ceremony. The school said that GPAs were calculated following state guidelines and were announced correctly. It’s founder told KTRK-TV that the legal process in ongoing. In fullTexas charter school goes to court over who should be named valedictorianThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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