Top Fremd students reap benefits of hard work.(Neighbor)

Byline: Shruti Date Daily Herald Staff Writer Recent Fremd High School graduate Jason A. Fessel cruised through his first three years in high school with a 4.0 grade-point average. He was headed straight toward becoming a valedictorian, but a 'B' in an AP government class first semester senior year put a snag in his plans.

So he landed the second, but much coveted, spot of salutatorian. "There was more discussion about who was going to become salutatorian than valedictorian," said William T. Baker, one of 12 students who was named a valedictorian of Fremd's Class of ...

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