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

• Legacy 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.

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Texas charter school goes to court over who should be named valedictorian