Vandals glue doors shut at (Jacksonville) high school

First Coast News - WJXX/WTLV Jacksonville ^ | 4.22.03

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Vandals glue doors shut at high school

Vandals sealed the doors at First Coast High

The vandals sealed 120 doors

Locksmiths are working to replace the locks

 

JACKSONVILLE, FL - Students at First Coast High found themselves attending classes in the schools auditorium Tuesday after the doors to their classrooms were found super-glued shut.

School officials discovered the sealed locks at around 6am and also found more damage including walls covered in graffiti. Locksmiths are now at the school working to replace the glued locks with new ones. Officials say that thousands of dollars will have to be spent to repair the locks and repaint walls at the school.

Authorities say that the school was empty from 6pm to 6am when the vandalism was discovered. According to one official, "More than 120 doors were glued. They [the vandals] not only did the classroom doors, of which there are at least 85, but they did every door in the building."

School officials say they hope that whoever is responsible for the damage will brag to their friends with word eventually getting to them so they can apprehend the vandals.

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"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

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[Poohbah]

Ah, to be 16 years old and stupid again.

Well, 1 out of 2 ain't bad :o)

[WellsFargo94]

remember when it used to be cherry bombs in the toilets?

[Search4Truth]

120 doors? Sounds like more than a prank to me. Was some one trying to create a fire trap?

[theDentist]

I grew up in Mass. Only a few weeks ago the high school there had some vandalism. Seems the little "scamps" mixed and poured concrete in front of the doors to prevent opening them. BUt they were caught and confessed to that and some other things, while abhorrently denying other acts.
And they're irritated that they'll have to pay to fix everything.

[seams2me]

I know this is really wrong....but this makes me laugh so hard!!!!!!!!

[hchutch]

Unless the partners in the posse ain't telling off crap, to paraphrase a line from a Geto Boys song.

[I still care]

We had a case several years ago in Florida where some teens stole a stop sign, causing a fatal car crash at that corner. They did serious jail time, and the state tried to put them away for murder. I don't remember how that all panned out.

[ErnBatavia]

A few years ago, when my son was in high school, the vandalism of choice was to super glue your enemy's hall locker shut in just this manner.

[trebb]

Who says that today's youth doesn't have innitiative and perseverence?

[Poohbah]

Yup.

I remember when someone flushed a seal bomb (a cherry bomb-like device used by lifeguards to scare seals off of beaches) down the toilet in the nurse's office.

It went high-order right next to the principal's private toilet, while he was sitting on it.

Made the toilet into a half-a$$ed bidet :o)

[Hacksaw]

We would just jam a wooden pencil into the lock and then snap the tip off.

[Illbay]

Wonder if the graffiti happened to be "anti-America"?

[Illbay]

You wouldn't laugh if you were paying the bill.

[OXENinFLA]

This was done again today at another HS here in JAX- Terry Parker High.

[Newbomb Turk]

We had a case several years ago in Florida where some teens stole a stop sign, causing a fatal car crash at that corner. They did serious jail time, and the state tried to put them away for murder. I don't remember how that all panned out

They got 6 year jail sentances. It was on court TV.(Real funny now Huh)

[ratzoe]

I bet its the same group of pranksters that stole all the "W" keys at that big white house a few years back..

[Orangedog]

Kids today....amatateurs! A good prank does not have to be destructive (although some of those can be fun!). My freshman year in high school, my class made sport out of tormenting our german teacher. I think she even required medication by the end of that year. We just did little things, like lowering her desk one notch every few days. She just couldn't understand why she seemed to be getting bigger!
When the musical greeting cards came out in the 1980's, we made good use of them. I cut one open, took out the tiny music circuit, and hid it in the ceiling air intake. She said "Whoever has the music maker, turn it off." We all just looked at her deadpan and said "What music?" She went to get another teacher but while she was gone we turned it off. They both left and when she came back in alone, it was playing again. SHe went through the entire period with "happy birthday" echoing around the room.

Kids today kind of disappoint me.

[BADROTOFINGER]

We had a particular teacher who was a jerk and a perv. His planning period was before my class with him, and me and 3 of my buddies used to break our leads off in the keyhole, go to another class, sharpen the pencils and do it again. Ultimately, the graphite in the #2 pencil lead made that lock one finely tuned machine, even tho it was a pain in the ass for the teacher at the time...:-)...JFK