Going back in Time.. I am the Principal of a big High school in NY . The week before at a Principals meeting I'm listening to all my fellow Pricipals talk about April fools pranks and their High School and how they deal with them . I take any prank seriously and Personal . My former superintendent who has transferred to another school is at a biggest school district in the Hudson Valley He hired me as an asst prin at my school a few years before. . He was involved in a serious prank at his new school ..Kids put Crisco oil all over the steps of 4 floors oh his new state of the art High school . Then they hit the fire alarm and 2,000 kids came out for the Fire drill. Kids and staff were falling all over steps and a security office at the HS fell . The radio of the one security gds in school screamed " officer Down . The NY state police and local police station heard it also and within 10 minutes there were 10 state trooper cars and another 10 local police. The school was in a " lock down". Then a food fight in the cafeteria was going on . The seniors at his school had planned the whole prank . At another HS the seniors put some kind of Glue on all the out door locks so when the buses came to drop off the students no one could get in the school . Thousands of kids were in the parking lot Buses loaded with students Parents dropping off their kids A huge traffic problem in front of the school
So I had sent a letter out to all the seniors and their parents a few days before saying any prank at the HS could mean your son/daughter would not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony . You could pick up your childs dipolma in my office the next day after graduation I was being proactive for April Fools pranks I had a senior assembly and met with all the seniors faculty advisors ..
Well I thought it would work , But we had 2 seniors go to the local pet store and buy 10 white mice . I heard on the radio there were mice all over the hallways during the changing of the periods and girls were screaming as the mice were all over the two floors . Then One of our students who dressed like a Columbine kid who wore army fatigues and combat boots deceided he would step on the mice and kill them . He was actually trying to help but he squished them and there was blood all over. One of the seniors girls came into my office and told me who bought the white mice. and what store it came from After order was restored and the hallways were clear ed I separated the two boys we suspected I hopped in the Drivers Ed car and took a yearbook with me I have to pick up my granddaughter from school sorry will continue when I get back .
So I had sent a letter out to all the seniors and their parents a few days before saying any prank at the HS could mean your son/daughter would not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony . You could pick up your childs dipolma in my office the next day after graduation I was being proactive for April Fools pranks I had a senior assembly and met with all the seniors faculty advisors ..
Well I thought it would work , But we had 2 seniors go to the local pet store and buy 10 white mice . I heard on the radio there were mice all over the hallways during the changing of the periods and girls were screaming as the mice were all over the two floors . Then One of our students who dressed like a Columbine kid who wore army fatigues and combat boots deceided he would step on the mice and kill them . He was actually trying to help but he squished them and there was blood all over. One of the seniors girls came into my office and told me who bought the white mice. and what store it came from After order was restored and the hallways were clear ed I separated the two boys we suspected I hopped in the Drivers Ed car and took a yearbook with me I have to pick up my granddaughter from school sorry will continue when I get back .
