No More Valedictorians in One North Carolina School District

, Spencer Irvine, Leave a comment

image via screenshot from Wake County Public Schools homepage.

image via screenshot from Wake County Public Schools homepage.

Isn’t that ridiculous?

Citing what it calls “unhealthy” competition among students, the Wake County school board is the latest in the country to make valedictorians and salutatorians a thing of the past, The News & Observer of Charlotte reports.

The school board unanimously gave initial approval last week to a policy that would prohibit high school principals from naming valedictorians and salutatorians – titles reserved for the two graduating seniors with the highest grade-point averages – after 2018, according to the newspaper.