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Details of how the cum laude system would work here haven't been ironed out. But some districts award a certain percentage of students each title.
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<p>Awarding by percentage makes it into class rank by another name, as does anything that involves relative ranking of students. Awarding based on grades makes it an "honor roll" GPA cutoff. Neither of these is new information.</p>