Scenes from a 2018 Fort Bend ISD high school graduation.

Valedictorian shuffle sounds like the name of a fun board game. A cool graduation gift.

But nothing is amusing about the switch-up of valedictorians in Fort Bend ISD. The district enacted a new policy that ranks all high school students based on the campus where they are geographically zoned, even if they attend another school.

It's a move that's already adding tension to this week's commencement ceremonies.

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You've worked hard, made good grades and earned the valedictorian title. But because of this policy, a student in a magnet program across town who has never stepped foot in your school, but is zoned for it, gets your No. 1 seat. I'd be fuming, too.

'VERY DISHEARTENING': Controversy over Fort Bend ISD ranking policy leads to valedictorian switch-up

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