The Texas high school cheerleader stripped of being valedictorian due to a “miscalculation” of her grades had planned to heap praise on her school and teachers in her acceptance speech, NY Post reporter Jennie Taer shares this story.

Maya Veliz was officially announced as north Texas’ Blue Ridge High School valedictorian in March. However, the title was taken from her after the school said they’d made an error involving transfer credits from another school. Her GPA ranking then dropped to third in the class.

Veliz had already written an acceptance speech for the May 23 graduation, her father Jorge Veliz said, but says his daughter no longer wants to attend the ceremony.

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