Olecia James, who is African American, says she earned a higher cumulative quality point average -- which takes into account a student's grade point average and the points awarded for the rigor of the courses they take -- than the white salutatorian.
School officials in Mississippi named a white student the salutatorian of a recently integrated high school over a black student with better grades"to prevent white flight," according to a new federal lawsuit.
Olecia James, who is African American, says she earned a higher cumulative quality point average -- which takes into account a student's grade point average and the points awarded for the rigor of the courses they take -- than the white salutatorian.
— Eliott C. McLaughlin May 20, 2016 In a statement then, Jacks said the district"has a racially neutral policy regarding the valedictorian honor." "The policy is when there is a grade point average tie between two or more students, the students share the valedictorian honor," the statement said.CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin, Tina Burnside and Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.
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