For anyone who thinks that this isn't step one of removing excellence from the school, don't be fooled. This is how it starts. It seems to make sense and be reasonable then it moves into the area of unbelievable. With all of the past examples of removing the idea of one, two, etc..being the best of the best, do you really believe that this will not happen here? Don't trust educational  administrations, they have a history of throwing out the best to make the slackers feel better about themselves.