All Saints Salutatorian Dispute Fails to Stop Graduation After Court Finds No Supporting Evidence

All Saints Cathedral School’s graduation ceremony is cleared to proceed Thursday evening after Superior Court Judge Pedro K. Williams denied an emergency request to block the school from finalizing or announcing salutatorian honors. The civil action was filed by Alaine Lockhart-Mollah and Eric H. Mollah, individually and as grandparents and guardians of a graduating student. The plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, declaratory judgment and damages against All Saints Cathedral School, Head of School Karla Sarauw, Board of Trustees Chairman Jimez Ashby, the All Saints Board of Trustees and teacher Jennifer Cannon. The plaintiffs alleged that the student had been improperly denied salutatorian status because of delayed grade postings, grade manipulation or ranking miscalculations, and administrative failures in handling academic records. They argued that without court intervention, the school would proceed with graduation and clas...