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Children whose grades linger at F for several days may be taken away by the [[social worker]] and won't return to that particular family, but may be adopted by another one. Teens will not be taken away for an F grade, but if they have a job they will be fired regardless of their [[Job performance#The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories|job performance]] and the number of days they have missed. They will also not be able to attend [[College (sub-neighborhood)|Collegecollege]] until their grades improve.

[[File:TS3-School.jpg|left]]Children and teens go to school at either Community School for the Gifted in [[Sunset Valley]], Truelong Community School in [[Riverview]], Stary Community School in [[Twinbrook]], Public School 67 in [[Bridgeport]], Crestview School and Stadium in [[Appaloosa Plains]], Everglow Academy and Coliseum in [[Moonlight Falls]], Gooder Public School in [[Starlight Shores]], or Par Excellence Preparatory School from ''[[The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff|Town Life Stuff]]''. It is also the place where older Sims can attend [[painting]] class, get a job in the [[education]] career track{{Vgversion|TS3:A}} or enroll in [[Sims University|university]].{{Vgversion|TS3:UL}}

Children attend Elementaryelementary Schoolschool from 9:00am to 3:00pm, while teenagers attend Highhigh Schoolschool from 9:00am to 2:00pm; the earlier end time exists to benefit teens who have part-time jobs. Teens who are not employed will still be let out at 2:00pm, which can be used as a good opportunity to get their homework done. TheBoth Elementaryschool and High Schooltypes share the same building. Unlike previous games in ''The Sims'' series, children are not taken away from their families for getting an F.

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Sims can now receive detentions at school. If they are caught sleeping in class, copying homework (tasks the player can assign kids while they're at school) or busted when pranking the school (outside school hours), they will be kept behind after school for a few hours, which can interfere with any part-time jobjobs. The Sims are less likely to receive a detention if their grades are higher than a "B". While staying back late, the student can choose their tone but they will not see any improvement in grades or performance; however, if a Sim's mood is low, their grade might decrease. When detention is over, the school bus will not appear to bring them home, and the Sims will need to get home on their own.

Children and teens may still bring home friends of their age after school. They can also be invited over to another student's house to play. Students who go to each other's houses will live within a reasonable distance from each other. The closer the other student, the more likely the invitation is. Children also bring home [[homework]] every school day; failure to complete homework will result in them being penalized, and they may receive a detention.

If a child or teen does not have a high performance at school then, the player will not be able to choose what their nextnew trait is when they [[birthday|grow up]]. For the Sim to have good grades, they need to be at school on time every day, otherwise they will get bad grades and willmust notcomplete ageany upassigned well[[homework]].