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Article: 3 grads had perfect attendance throughout school.(SportsL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2005
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Byline: RITA FRANKENBERRY
By RITa frankenberry
The VIRGINIAN-PILOT
When 18-year-old twins Lynn and Joshua Grubb began their school careers, their dad told them if they managed to attend school every day, they could wind up on the front page of the newspaper.
Lynn remembers her dad saying twins with perfect attendance would be an interesting story. Apparently, it was a story only Lynn paid attention to. The race for perfect attendance was on until Joshua missed two days of school during the fourth grade. He had a fever.
"The first day, Mom said it was hard to keep him at home because he wanted to go to school," said Lynn, who will attend James Madison ...