By Susan Dickson
Staff Writer

Chapel Hill High School Principal Jackie Ellis said school officials are investigating a cheating incident that students say involved a stolen master key and that dates back several years.

Four Chapel Hill High School students will be suspended and receive zeros on mid-term exams as a result of an incident in which a student took pictures of exam answers on a camera phone and emailed them to other students. While investigating the incident, Ellis said students told officials about a master key to the school that was stolen a number of years ago.

“When one cheating incident was uncovered, a tip led to others with master keys,” Ellis said. School officials do not know the last time students used the key, but the cheating incident was discovered last week.

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