Students on the Academic Decathlon team at Hallmark Charter School in Sanger Unified thought they'd be getting a second-place trophy in the medium schools division of the national competition.
But during a ceremony Tuesday at the Fresno County Office of Education, they were introduced – to their surprise – as national champions. After a month long investigation, United States Academic Decathlon officials declared the winning team from Texas ineligible because their school's enrollment was too large.
"The team from Texas that was originally declared the winner was found ineligible because there was an error in their school's enrollment," said Jennifer Quinn, special projects coordinator with the Fresno County Office of Education. "They were supposed to be under 1,300 students and they were a little over." Alice High School in Texas had edged Hallmark – which has an enrollment of 220 – by 122 points. Alice's score was 32,329, and Hallmark's was 32,207.
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