Basehor-Linwood High School students can still aim to be named valedictorian after a school board decision Monday.

The Basehor-Linwood school board voted 7-0 at its monthly meeting Monday to continue to recognize valedictorians and salutatorians at the high school’s graduation ceremonies.

In December, school officials had proposed shifting to a recognition of the top 10 percent of students by class rank rather than using the traditional valedictorian and salutatorian designations.

Officials said then that the designations had become somewhat outdated in modern schools, and that a new weighted-grade class rank system based on honors courses may create scheduling difficulties for students competing for the valedictorian honor.