EAST COBB — Recent Walton High School graduate Edward Yao has always been a natural leader.
Not only was he named his school’s valedictorian for the cass of 2025 — with a 4.875 grade-point average — but he also led the entire Cobb County School District with the highest GPA out of any graduating senior, according to principal Stephanie Santoro.
“I wasn’t necessarily aiming to get that high of a GPA. … I was looking to take the highest prestige classes that I could,” Yao said…