Ohio school district catches cheaters, cancels graduation

CENTERBURG, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district has canceled its graduation ceremony after discovering that several seniors cheated on a test.

Centerburg schools northeast of Columbus announced the cancellation of Saturday’s graduation ceremonies after an emergency meeting of the education board.

The district says a senior apparently broke into the high school’s computer system, found the test and made copies of it.

The district says it decided to cancel graduation because so many seniors were involved either by cheating or by knowing about the cheating but failing to report it.

School officials say they will mail diplomas to seniors qualified to graduate next week.