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One Wisconsin area school has gone to great lengths to make sure that all old fines are paid. A over-40-year-old man recently returned to his high school to get transcripts for a plumbing apprenticeship.
The school said fine, as long as he paid up fees from 30 years ago.
One of the fees was $7.95 for a missing algebra book and the other was $5 for an unpaid physical education fee. (Writer's note: At least it wasn't my high school. If I remember correctly, they tried to charge us close to $300 in fees for my senior year alone.)
According to state law, schools can't withhold a diploma or transcript, though many schools and districts do try to get their money before handing over the documents.
What is your take on the issue? Personally, I feel it is a bit silly to say "no money, no transcript" after 30 years. Should schools try to obtain fees after a student has graduated?
The school said fine, as long as he paid up fees from 30 years ago.
One of the fees was $7.95 for a missing algebra book and the other was $5 for an unpaid physical education fee. (Writer's note: At least it wasn't my high school. If I remember correctly, they tried to charge us close to $300 in fees for my senior year alone.)
According to state law, schools can't withhold a diploma or transcript, though many schools and districts do try to get their money before handing over the documents.
What is your take on the issue? Personally, I feel it is a bit silly to say "no money, no transcript" after 30 years. Should schools try to obtain fees after a student has graduated?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
3-20-2007 @ 8:12AM
Sandyone said...People should honor their obligations.
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3-20-2007 @ 1:27PM
Mike Wills said...For 15 lousy bucks?!? Cut your losses. Besides I didn't know computers stored that kind of data then.
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3-20-2007 @ 9:35AM
Tamyu said...My high school refused to transfer my transcripts when I changed schools... They based it on a 30 cent book fine - which I had no idea about. No one told me about it, and it had nothing to do with me (there was a pen mark in the cover. I don`t write in books, so I presume it was already there before I borrowed the book.)
This ended up making me fail the year, and really soured my feelings toward the education system. I was in all honors classes, getting almost straight A's... And then suddenly I was put in the lowest rank of class at my new school because the first half of the year appeared to be a great big zero.
No matter how hard I worked, I was doomed to fail anyway. At least they graduated this guy, I guess.
As they refused to release my grades to the new school, and didn`t tell us about it until it was too late, we refused to pay the tuition fees they charge when you don`t finish the year. I really hope they don`t come after me for that $800 someday.
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3-20-2007 @ 2:45PM
Stephanie said...Pretty amazing, but not necessarily unjustified. Just think if they added interest on top of it.
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3-21-2007 @ 1:22AM
SKL said...Personally, if I know that I owe someone something, I pay it. I'm counting on God's forgiveness not to go to Hell for those things I don't realize I owe.
I must say the cost of having someone maintain and look up that data has to be more than the benefit of collecting it. But who ever said the education system was efficient? (That's our tax dollars at work, folks.)
Funny, there's a statute of limitations on most crimes, even rather serious ones (though not murder), yet something as innocuous as this can follow you for a lifetime. Priorities . . . .
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