I actually think this is a fair reason. High school is stressful enough, having class ranks and val/sal just adds unnecessary pressure. We don’t have class ranks at my school, but I’ve heard plenty on here about kids gaming the system to get the highest GPA and screwing kids over who take just as hard classes, but want to have an elective or two that they want to take. Not to mention that the article mentions implementing a Latin honors system, so kids who work hard still get awards. I don’t see any problems.