Trustees Approve Resolution to Establish New Guidelines For Class Rank

Class of 2020 rank and honors will be available Monday, April 6

The Aldine ISD Board of Trustees approved a resolution to establish updated guidelines to that create local policy guiding class rank and honors during their March 24 board meeting. The action was taken to guide parents and students while the district is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is specific to students who are part of the Class of 2020.

“The approved resolution allows us to calculate class rank for the Class of 2020 based on all grade points earned from the ninth grade through the last day of the second nine weeks of the first semester of the students’ senior year,” said Chief of Schools Katy Roede. “This rank will be used to determine the valedictorian and salutatorians at each of our high schools.

Final class rank is often needed for students to complete college acceptance applications and scholarship requests.

“We want to ensure that Aldine ISD seniors are aware of their final class rank so that they can continue pursuing their plans post-high school graduation. While COVID-19 has impacted so many other parts of their senior year, we don’t want to add anything else to their list of things to worry about,” Roede said.

High school counselors will update and verify the information by April 6 and will communicate directly with students.

Additional information related to grading guidelines, promotion and retention for all Aldine ISD students will be released over the next few weeks.