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College Credit Exams Lost In Transit; Around 200 Students May Have To Retake Tests

Global August 2018
A box containing the college credit exams for about 200 high school students in Florida has gone missing. As a result, the students may have to retake the tests, which include International History and some General Paper courses commonly taken by students in ninth and tenth grades.

College Credit Exams Lost In Transit; Around 200 Students May Have To Retake Tests

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — About 200 Florida high school students may have to retake tests after learning that the United Parcel Service lost a box containing college credit exams they took last spring.

The Palm Beach Post reports Santaluces High School Principal Tameka Robinson broke the news to students and their parents on Tuesday.

The exams were taken by students enrolled in courses designed by the University of Cambridge in England. The newspaper reports the exams in question include International History and some General Paper courses commonly taken by students in ninth and tenth grades.

Cambridge spokesman Thomas Rodgers said in a statement that UPS is investigating the incident and trying to recover the package.

 

Read about how a dozen students in Alabama were sent back to middle school because the school system could find their grades at https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/students-sent-back-middle-school-over-missing-grad

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