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Thirty years ago

Jeff Rolson is just relieved he didn't get sent to the principal's office. The 45-year-old Rolson dropped by Superior Senior High School recently, where he graduated in 1977, to get a copy of his transcript for a plumbing apprenticeship. That's when he found he had two outstanding debts — $7.95 for a missing algebra book and $5 for an unpaid physical-education fee. A secretary told him he had to pay up before he could get his transcript. Rolson says he doesn't understand why the school didn't contact him earlier. "Nobody contacted me, so I ended up paying the $13 to get my transcript," he says. He's also grateful the school didn't charge him interest. "If they had charged me interest all these years — compounded for 30 years — I don't know what the bill might have been," he said.

COMPLIED BY SUBAJAYANTHI B.

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