FACT: A new Latin honors system will not lower the standard for honor graduates.
Graduates earning a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) or higher have been recognized as Honor Graduates in Virginia Beach City Public Schools since 1969. Eliminating class rank will not change that practice. What the Latin honors system does allow, however, is for students to be further acknowledged for their work in earning above a 3.5, 3.76 and 4.0.