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CLASS RANKINGS

For students of graduating classes of 2011-2014:

Students may be ranked in order of their averages at the end of the 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th years. Such rankings shall be used for internal purposes (take this word out because it is used on current transcripts which would be considered external, and shall not be entered upon permanent report cards. Those class rankings will be entered in current transcripts but not in permanent transcripts.

Students shall be ranked twice during their 12^th year. At the close of the first semester, rankings shall be established for determining the valedictorian and salutatorian of the class. The rankings to determine valedictorian and salutatorian will be calculated based on the students’ weighted grade point average of all courses offered directly by the Phoenix Central School District (including college and AP courses), District approved BOCES programs, and Distance Learning courses coordinated through BOCES.

At the end of the 12^th year, the final class ranking will be determined using the students’ weighted grade point averages of all courses offered directly by the Phoenix Central School District (including college and AP courses), District approved BOCES programs, and Distance Learning courses coordinated through BOCES. Taking into consideration that the valedictorian and salutatorian are determined several months before the final ranking, it is possible that the valedictorian and salutatorian are not necessarily the first and second ranked members of the class at the time of graduation.

Students who are registered in the Phoenix Central School District and take courses at or through educational institutions not affiliated with the Phoenix Central School District or BOCES will be recorded on students’ transcripts but will not be factored into G.P.A., class ranking, or in the determination of valedictorian and salutatorian. This will not apply to transfer students.

For students graduating in 2015 and beyond:

Students may be ranked in order of their averages at the end of the 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th years. Such rankings shall be used for internal purposes, and shall not be entered upon permanent report cards. , and shall not be entered upon permanent report cards. Those class rankings will be entered in current transcripts but not in permanent transcripts.

Students shall be ranked twice during their 12^th year. At the close of the first semester, rankings shall be established for determining the valedictorian and salutatorian of the class. To qualify for the distinction of valedictorian and salutatorian, students must earn a minimum of 15 credits (including partial credits earned during the 12^th year) in weighted courses by the end of the first semester of the 12^th year.

The calculation used to determine the valedictorian and salutatorian will be the average of all weighted courses only. ½-credit courses will be weighted 50% and full-credit courses will be weighted 100%.

Unweighted course grades will not be used in determining the status of valedictorian and salutatorian. While the valedictorian and salutatorian are determined by overall performance in weighted courses alone, class ranking will be determined using the weighted average of all weighted courses offered directly by the Phoenix Central School District (including college and AP courses),  District approved BOCES programs, and Distance Learning courses coordinated through BOCES.

At the end of the 12^th year, the final class ranking will be determined using the students’ weighted grade point averages of all courses offered directly by the Phoenix Central School District (including college and AP courses), District approved BOCES programs, and Distance Learning courses coordinated through BOCES. Taking into consideration that the valedictorian and salutatorian are determined several months before the final ranking, it is possible that the valedictorian and salutatorian are not necessarily the first and second ranked members of the class at the time of graduation.

Students who are registered in the Phoenix Central School District and take courses at or through educational institutions not affiliated with the Phoenix Central School District or BOCES will be recorded on students’ transcripts but will not be factored into G.P.A., class ranking, or in the determination of valedictorian and salutatorian. This will not apply to transfer students.

Adopted : May 9, 2011