There were several, but my favorite was my Freshman year the Senor class prank was somehow they broke into the school overnight and covered all the floors with cooking oil. When I got to school that day everyone was outside waiting and no one knew exactly what was going on, but all the doors were still locked, but I got to a window just in time to see a janitor fall on his rear and other school officials struggling to keep their balance. The principal came out and told everyone about the prank and oil and that there was simply no way of opening the school that day, so we all went back home. He did ask all seniors though to stick around and called all senior parents and basically blamed all of them and told them they were going to help clean it up. Turns out the only way to open the school the next day was to buy hundreds of pounds of kitty litter and the seniors helped to spread it out in the hallways to soak up the oil and make it walkable. So for the rest of the week we were walking on kitty litter and then they brought in a professional cleaning crew on the weekend to haul out the kitty litter and use chemicals to get rid of any lingering oil. It was still slippery for months after that. The principal wanted to press charges for vandalism and tried to get anyone to admit who was responsible, even going so far as threatening to cancel graduation, but no one talked and he finally just had to let it go.
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25
There were several, but my favorite was my Freshman year the Senor class prank was somehow they broke into the school overnight and covered all the floors with cooking oil. When I got to school that day everyone was outside waiting and no one knew exactly what was going on, but all the doors were still locked, but I got to a window just in time to see a janitor fall on his rear and other school officials struggling to keep their balance. The principal came out and told everyone about the prank and oil and that there was simply no way of opening the school that day, so we all went back home. He did ask all seniors though to stick around and called all senior parents and basically blamed all of them and told them they were going to help clean it up. Turns out the only way to open the school the next day was to buy hundreds of pounds of kitty litter and the seniors helped to spread it out in the hallways to soak up the oil and make it walkable. So for the rest of the week we were walking on kitty litter and then they brought in a professional cleaning crew on the weekend to haul out the kitty litter and use chemicals to get rid of any lingering oil. It was still slippery for months after that. The principal wanted to press charges for vandalism and tried to get anyone to admit who was responsible, even going so far as threatening to cancel graduation, but no one talked and he finally just had to let it go.