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Parents SUE school for kicking their son out of honours English class after he copied classmate’s homework

The parents of a Northern California high school sophomore are suing the school district for kicking the teenager out of an honours class because he cheated.

When he started classes at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, the boy, who is unnamed, signed an Academy Honesty Pledge warning him that cheating is grounds for immediate removal from the advanced-level English class.

The student’s father, Jack Berghouse, and his wife filed a lawsuit [...]