OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school board has voted to eliminate class rank, beginning with next year's freshman class.
The Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/1NqAIob ) reports that the Monday vote aligns the Millard Public Schools district's high schools with others across the country that are ditching class rank over concerns that fierce competition for rank hurts students.
Instead, students in Millard schools who meet or exceed certain GPAs will be honored with Latin distinctions commonly used to mark high achievers at colleges and universities.
Students with a GPA of 4.0 or better will be honored as summa cum laude. Those earning a GPA of 3.75 to 3.99 will graduate magna cum laude, while students with a GPA of 3.5 to 3.74 will be recognized as cum laude.
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