High schools in one North Carolina county will no longer name a valedictorian because it’s not inclusive enough, reported the News-Observer newspaper.
North Carolina’s Wake County school board last week voted to change the way schools rank children at graduation. Under the mandate, school principals can’t name valedictorians and salutatorians, which are the top two most prestigious positions in a class and are based on grade point average. It will be implemented in 2019.
The new system will recognize seniors with Latin titles, including cum laude if they have a GPA of at least 3.75.
Board members said the change allows students to take more courses they'd like rather than ones that would boost their class rank and GPA.
