Venerable National Honor Society Catching Flak From Some Quarters
For the first time in decades, there will be no members of the National Honor Society next spring among the 850 or so graduates of Waubonsie Valley High School in suburban Chicago.
Instead, any senior with a grade point average higher than 3.6 will be inducted into the newly minted Indian Prairie Scholars--a society district officials created to replace the national organization they found to be too much of a headache.
Selecting members of the new group will be simpler than choosing inductees for the National Honor Society, administrators say. Teachers will be spared from making subjective judgments about students' character, leadership, and community service. Candidates for the national group are rated on those factors in addition to meeting...
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