School forced to shut down after wild student prank 'went too far' sparking police investigation
A New Jersey school was turned upside down thanks to a senior class prank gone wrong
A school has shut down its classes after a prank left officials battling with the aftermath.
There’s nothing quite like a funny high school prank, but usually they don’t involve police.
We’ve all been there, and as a senior, it’s only natural that you’d want to end your time at school on a high.
However, pranksters at South River High School might have bitten off more than they can chew, as a criminal case could be lodged against them.
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A New Jersey high school has been left in chaos, forcing school officials to call off classes for the day because of a prank that went ‘too far’.
According to WABC, the seniors trashed their school common areas and classrooms by rearranging furniture, covering hallways in toilet paper, taking all of the equipment out of the basketball gym and more.
School officials shared that the Thursday mischief was anything by harmless, and they are certainly not happy about it.
“Nothing was broken. Nothing was stolen. But tables were moved, desks were moved out of classrooms, equipment was moved out of the gym,” South River Mayor Peter Guindi told the outlet at the time.
“Listen, we were all kids at one time, I mean, we have all done our share of mischief. This kind of went too far,” he added.
The vandalism has been considered a ‘criminal mischief incident’ led to the school being delayed to ringing the opening bell at school 90 minutes later, and eventually they decided to call the whole thing off.
An investigation has now been launched by the South River Police Department.
What the seniors did almost seemed like child’s play compared to a 2022 prank.
A school in Texas closed early for summer after a student prank got out of hand and ended up costing thousands in damages at one point.
Officials from Memorial High School in Frisco originally allowed the prank to go ahead after it was supposed to involve a bunch of Post-it notes stuck around the building.
But things took a turn and videos on TikTok showing students trashing the place, setting off fire extinguishers and covering up CCTV cameras caught just how bad things got.
Emergency services were eventually called to help the situation, but the school later had to conduct a cleanup operation estimated to cost thousands of dollars.
In a letter to parents obtained by Fox4, Memorial’s administrators wrote: “A small group of students from Memorial High School was approved to use Post-it notes on the walls to decorate and place messages around the campus as part of their senior prank last night.
“Staff members were on-site to monitor students, but the situation devolved rapidly, and the Frisco Police and Fire Departments became involved. Students vandalized the campus to a point that classes are not able to be held at MHS for the remainder of the week.”
The letter added: “Damage is estimated in the thousands of dollars and includes paint on the walls, destruction of furniture, discharged fire extinguishers throughout campus and more.”
Britt Jones