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[quote=Anonymous]Once information enters the public domain, and that includes a school's or school district's twitter or website, it is public information.

Is the concern here in Washington, DC, that publishing the names of NMSF honorees will foster an unhealthy competition among students?  Or is the worry that students who are not recognized will feel bad?  Or the opposite, that students who are recognized will be embarrassed?  Or is it that because Washington is full of well-known people, they do not want their names out there?

Every single school and school district in every other State appears to have some public acknowledgement, often in the media, of its NMSF students.  Is this one of those things that pertains specifically to living inside the Beltway bubble?

I would understand the objection, perhaps, if people also objected to the schools numbers comparison, as that appears to be only about competition and bragging rights.  Yet every year we have these threads about which schools are Up/Down or Best/Worst based on the number of NMSF or PSC the schools have.  At least in listing the students we recognize their individual accomplishments of merit, and not strictly the schools competing. [/quote]

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