National Briefing | South: North Carolina: Cash-for-grades Plan Principal Quits

Nov. 13, 2009

Susie Shepherd will retire after school district leaders halted a fund-raiser she approved that would have allowed students to buy 20 test points for a $20 donation.

School selling extra test points

GOLDSBORO, N.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A North Carolina school is being accused of selling grades for a program that awards extra test points for monetary donations to the school.

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National Briefing | South: North Carolina: Cash-for-grades Plan Principal Quits

School selling extra test points