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Nonpassing students still get pomp, piece of paper
By Bonnie Eslinger, The Examiner
Aug 23, 2006 2:00 AM (1200 days ago)SAN FRANCISCOSeveral hundred San Francisco public school students who did not pass the state's required exit exam were still given permission to don a cap and gown and participate in graduation ceremonies, although they were not given a diploma. Instead, they were given a 'certificate of completion,' a provision approved by the school board just months before graduation.

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