Choice of valedictorian sparks complaints about dual enrollment [View all]

[Baitball Blogger]

The valedictorian of Mount Dora High School, Michaela Novakovic, is a talented harpist who earned straight A's in dual-enrollment courses at Lake-Sumter Community College and volunteers with a Christian after-school program. She also did not regularly attend classes at Mount Dora High.

Michaela's choice as valedictorian has upset some parents at the Lake County school and may lead the School Board to change the way top students in a graduating class are named.


hrough 10th grade, Michaela attended a private, classical Christian school called Champion Preparatory Academy in Altamonte Springs. Students at that school are on campus several days a week and work on assignments from their teachers at home the rest of the week.

After enrolling at Mount Dora High as a junior, Michaela spent most of her time attending classes at Lake-Sumter, where she kept up a 4.0 average and earned an associate degree. According to school-district spokesman Chris Patton, she attended one class at Mount Dora High as a senior.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-30/features/os-dual-enrollment-complaints-sidebar-20120530_1_dual-enrollment-valedictorian-college-courses