Susan Mills faces graduation setback over 35 missed days
In Little Mountain South Carolina Susan Mills 18 missed 35 days attending contests trips she won for 4 H and beauty pageant travel prompting Newberry County School Board to require summer English or a full year at Mid Carolina High School Despite high grades administrators consider the absences educationally valid but rule any extra days must be excused or the student risks not graduating this spring Susan attended a 4 H Congress in Chicago and a Europe trip with other journeys factored into the absences The district weighs options to allow timely graduation as parents appeal and explore correspondence courses