Harvard-bound Valedictorian Banned from Graduation Over Alleged Threat to Counselor
He graduated first in his class, but was banned from his own graduation.
Fox News reports.
NJ school bans Harvard-bound valedictorian from graduation
Lodi High School will not allow this year’s valedictorian to attend the graduation ceremony.
A suburban New Jersey high school is holding its graduation Tuesday, but the big day’s pomp and circumstance won’t include a speech by the Harvard-bound valedictorian.
Devan Solanki, 18, an honors student at Lodi High School, has been told to stay home on graduation day despite his 4.3032 grade-point average and No. 1 class ranking. He was suspended for five days after allegedly threatening a guidance counselor. The incident also led the school to order the teen to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
“Not only did they take this away from me, they took it away from my family,” Solanki told NBC 4 New York Saturday.
The Newark Star-Ledger said valedictorians have delivered commencement speeches at Lodi High for decades — until now.
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Actions, meet Consequences. Look in the mirror, kid..
The bullies are running the school. Notice how his original problem was speaking up on behalf of his classmates to a substitute teacher who was rude.