 Re: School fees is/are high????
The plural noun "fees" is not treated as a collective:
"School fees are high."
"Fees are high."
Compare,
The family is (as a group)
The family are (as individuals)
The fees is (as a group) ungrammatical
The fees are (as more than one)
Note, 'The family are' and 'The fees are' do not carry the same meaning. 'family' is a collective noun, whereas 'fees' is not. They are different, so when the verb changes (is/are), the meaning changes for 'family' but not for 'fees'.
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