About 50 students at the Tucson High School have been accused of altering grades. The school district's superintendent H.T. Sánchez called the incident, the largest cheating ring at the school in recent memory.

Sánchez announced that, the seniors involved will not be permitted to walk at graduation. "The students are facing the ultimate consequence," Sánchez said. "Their parents may have sent out graduation invitations, they're planning parties, but the students will not graduate. They have to take the class, they have to pass it the right way."

The school district said in a statement, that, all students implicated in the "grade-changing scheme" will "have to retake a required course to earn credit for it." "For those who are seniors, graduation will be delayed until credits are completed. It will be offered as an in-person class during the summer."

According to the  findings of the school district's investigation, “a few students had learned the teacher's password and then began charging a fee to manipulate grades for other students."

"We have 3,000 students at Tucson High School,and on Wednesday (May 25), hundreds will be walking across the stage to accept the diplomas they earned through hard work and perseverance," he said. "The bad decision of one group of students does not reflect on Tucson High, which is a great school, or the thousands of others who striving for academic excellence every day."

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