Since school officials didn’t see them in action, how do they know that it was done unsafely? And, BTW - Do they punish all creativity at this school?
Maybe they’re allergic to lawsuits. That’s usually the reason for these silly “zero tolerance” rules. When I was going to high school, the exterior of the building was never off limits so long as no vandalism was taking place — how times change. Anyhow, if the letters were put up with no-trace tape, and as easily removed, it’s hard to see how it could even be called vandalism. A principal of my era would have winked with a warning over the P.A. not to repeat a stunt like that because “someone might get poison ivy.”
They punish creativity at every government school. They want conformity, not creativity.
school = restricted thought zone.