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I really, really liked what a neighboring school district used to do about high school graduation speakers in the early 2000s. You'd have you valedictorian and salutatorian, who would be acknowledged, but they were not automatically the speaker. The top 10% of the class was invited to submit a speech, totally optional, identified only by student ID number, judged by a panel of teachers and a few on the PTA. The winner would be the speaker, and the identity would be shown after the vote.

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