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Do you think parents should be fined if their children don't do their homework, as is the case in this city?

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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