A pilot program at Stevenson High School in which students could pay money for excused absences, to skip tests and homework assignments sounded too good to be true. It was. A hoax letter, written on ...

Given Illinois’ school funding woes, the letter was almost believable. Written on what appeared to be official Stevenson High School stationery, the letter announced a pilot program that would allow ...

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The policy has not gone down well with parents who have slammed the rules as ‘excessive’ (Picture: Kennedy News/Google) A school has started threatening children with exclusion if they forget to bring ...