Something off there....
Posted on 05/25/2023 1:03:43 AM PDT by Morgana
A North Carolina principal is under fire after handing over keys to the school to let students pull off a 'senior prank' that created mass chaos and left teachers 'in tears.'
Burns High Principal Jennifer Aberly thought a few students were going to put up streamers and balloons on Thursday last week - but arrived the next morning to find significant damage in the hallways and classrooms.
Students greased floors and door handles, put potted plants in toilets, stacked desks, and scattered teachers' personal belongings while inside unsupervised.
'When I first saw that, I was very upset,' school board member Danny Blanton told the Charlotte Observer. 'That should not have happened, especially a principal giving kids authorization and then not being there supervising that.'
The incident is the latest in a series of so-called 'senior pranks' across the country where major destruction is carried out with little regard for school property.
Parents, teachers, and board members at the Lawndale, North Carolina school are now expressing their outrage over Aberly's actions.
Photos of the destruction inside the school shows the extent of the damage done by the group of teenagers.
Students used 'globs of vaseline' to cover door handles and slathered baby oil on hallway floors to make the surfaces slippery when walking, Blanton said.
One photo shows a potted plant placed directly inside a toilet bowl in one of the school's bathrooms.
The board member also said a microwave was dropped into the water.
Another picture is of chairs and desks that were pulled out of classrooms and stacked on top of each other in the corridors.
In arguably the most concerning image shared by the board member, ceiling tiles appear to have been pulled down while items are littered around one room.
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Pranks? This is just vandalism.
Something off there....
We synchronized dropping heavy textbooks exactly on the half hour. No harm or damage but the disruption got some who organized this “the talk”.
They probably run successful businesses nowadays.
The goal used to be for the prank to be discovered and leave people wondering how the hell they did that. Not be given a key from the principal and just do destruction. Fools.
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YouTube has a lot of clever pranks as well as a lot of destructive pranks.
The law says they are adults at 18 but nature says they are still immature at 18 (why were they given the vote?)
Yes, the times are changing.
Classier then gaving to disassemble a dead horse in the deans office.
I saw a tire that had been put around a flag pole.
Several guys rode open piped motorcycles down the hall.
The best was when someone filled the A/C chiller full of dish washing soap. It was one of those big outdoor units that runs water inside through slats. There are pictures in the yearbook of cars covered with bubbles.
The principals assets and pension should pay for some repairs.
Perfect description of those hooligans. Prank? WTF has happened to kids?
motley crue hotel room
Allowing the chimpanzees to run the joint. Good prank. sarc/
the principal doesn’t look right out of her eyes
The schools have sowed the wind.
The idiot principal needs to be made to clean it all up and then pay for any damages. Some books you can judge by the cover. She looks like a dolt.
As for pranks in general, they aren’t pranks when they cause harm and somebody else has to clean the mess up. They are instead irresponsible and disrespectful actions by the few at the expense of the many. I never had the urge for that.
What is the graduation rate of Burns High School? The
graduation rate of Burns High School is 92%, which is
higher than the North Carolina state average of 86%.
How many students attend Burns High School? 915 students
attend Burns High School.73% of Burns High School students
are White, 16% of students are Black, 7% of students are
Hispanic, 3% of students are Two or more races, and 1% of
students are Asian.
The draft.
Hear you. When I was a sophomore in high school, someone from the junior class of 69 tagged a brand new bridge. They took away their class dance and told them if it happen again they would lose their ptom.
"Just blanks, right?"
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