Niagara Falls drops class rankings for today's graduation

June 27, 2009 - 9:37 AM

There will be no valedictorian at today's Niagara Falls High School graduation.

As Niagara Correspondent Caitlin Murray reports in today's Buffalo News, 18 students will graduate instead with valedictory honors.

“We felt it was nice to recognize a valedictorian, but those other kids were so close,” said James Spanbauer, head of Niagara Falls High School. “We’re talking hundredths of a point sometimes. We felt they were all deserving.”

Niagara Falls is the first district in Niagara County to do away class rankings and naming a valedictorian.

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Charlie Specht started at The News as a college intern, joining the staff full time after his graduation from St. Bonaventure. A South Buffalo native, he also lived in Marilla and is in his second year covering Niagara Falls City Hall.

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Bruce Andriatch, a proud Town of Tonawanda native and a graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute and Canisius College, is the suburban editor at The News. He has been writing a weekly column since 2006. Two days after his first column appeared, the October Storm occurred, plunging much of the region into darkness and despair. Read into that what you will.

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