FAIR LAWN - Students at Fair Lawn High School say administrators conducted a public shaming over owing delinquent lunch and book money - and students were told they won't graduate unless they pay.

Senior Benny Koval on Wednesday tweeted a photo of a school assembly where he said administrators were demanding money and naming students who owed cash.

"Admins say they won't graduate unless debts are covered," Koval tweeted.

During the assembly, the names of students who owe for lunch fees, books and other activities were read aloud, according to 7online.com.

Koval said students were told "your diploma will be withheld from you" and "you won't be able to walk" in the upcoming June 22 graduation ceremony if they didn't pay up, according to The Daily Beast.

Awful. As an alumni of this school, I feel that kids are owed educational services for attending school. Not money.



RT: https://t.co/cG4VOdDCkm — Eli (@elknight20) June 1, 2017

Students posted on Twitter that some of them had been teased as a result of being named during the assembly.

Members of the Fair Lawn School Board were not immediately available for comment Thursday.

My high school's having a name & shame for students who owe lunch and/or book money.

Admins say they won't graduate unless debts are covered pic.twitter.com/RTAdIpyeos — benny (@bennykoval) May 31, 2017

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