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No Homework at Texas School? Tell It to the Judge Fri Dec 13,10:55 AM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - The parents of students at a Houston middle school who tell teachers the dog ate their homework or the cat ripped it up are getting an unusual response: tell it to the judge. At Houston's North Shore Middle School, the parents of students who habitually fail to complete their homework and miss a mandatory afterschool program are being summoned to court. The school this week issued 48 misdemeanor criminal citations, similar in severity to a traffic ticket, to those students' parents. The tickets yield a fine of up to $185...
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