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$350 graduation fee causes anger in Michigan

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    Dues must be paid in full or students can't attend graduation

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The prices are astronomical.

Detroit's oldest public schools central high recently renamed central collegiate academy has parents in an uproar the cost of the graduation ceremony for seniors has clearly become a hardship.

Really -- -- me was that.

All or nothing.

Meaning if you don't pay the money even if you don't have to pay -- you will not be allowed to walk across the stage.

That's not okay Linda -- -- graduated from central high but she didn't pay 350 dollars to graduate.

And now if you don't pay the 350 you don't walk walking across the stage that is when they eat -- at thirteen years.

Ticket here.

State doesn't that.

Here's the documentation from the school to parents Linda there are -- all options to exclude any items from the package.

All students are required to pay the -- In fooled.

Or they will not be allowed to participate.

In the graduation ceremony.

The fifty Florida senior -- Michael Jones is -- central senior he was working out with -- track team Michael was taking his girlfriend to -- his parents will shell out 500 dollars so he can go to graduation and to prop.

He said that kind of cash is hard to -- up.

Yeah it was bush you know mom mom and dad are forcing of both jobs but -- -- and other students are not so.

Through their eyes light up when you told Obama to be because you very much so would -- -- they said this carries and so she's had a plan about.

Bob was -- events does come open -- Now the 350 dollars mandatory senior dues just to walk a graduation also includes.

Cap down and tassel diploma -- diploma a class class and a T shirt.

But if you don't pay the 350 according to the documentation.

You don't walk -- graduation.

Most of these children this is the most important.

Achievement that they've had it may be the only one in a lifetime.

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