No more valedictorians.

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No more valedictorians in Boulder Valley School District

posted by: Dan Boniface , Web Producer created: 11/14/2007 10:56:34 AM
Last updated: 11/14/2007 10:57:13 AM

BOULDER (AP) - Boulder Valley School District will end the valedictorian honor starting with the class of 2010.

The district's high schools used grade-point averages to determine the honor, but the district's top students were separated by just hundredths of a point - leading to complaints.

At Tuesday's board meeting, officials heard from a district committee that recommended honoring high-achieving with summa, magna and cum laude honors instead of crowning a single valedictorian.

Boulder Valley had previously abolished class rankings to reduce "unhealthy competition."



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