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Long dean’s lists

Sun., Sept. 11, 2016

In the interest of saving printable space in the newspaper, wouldn’t it be preferable to list only area college students’ names who did not make a dean’s or honors list or achieve a certain GPA? This group would seem to be the more exclusive in terms of numbers.

I understand I may be dating myself, but I recall a time when a high school had only one valedictorian and salutatorian each, and only 1 percent to 2 percent achieved near perfect GPAs.

Daryl Alvernaz

Spokane

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