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sarahtregay:
Hello,

I have a cast of high school seniors in my WIP and I'd love to know how they might be reprimanded for their actions at a public school.

This is what they do:

- A large group commits the senior prank of drawing chalk graffiti on the gym wall and TPing the trees.

- An individual writes a hateful slur in herbicide on the school lawn.

- An individual publishes a story in a school publication that wasn't approved by the faculty adviser/classmates.

This all happens a few weeks before graduation.

Thanks in advance!
Sarah

Lill:
I am not a principal or teacher; however, I have seen similar incidents in the news. For the first two, they may not be allowed
to walk in graduation ceremonies. There might also be criminal charges. There were a lot of stories about senior pranks in the news
in the last several weeks, and these were dealt with severely.

Tori:
When I taught high school, the seniors who pulled off a prank (vaseline on all the doorknobs) were suspended for the last week of school and not allowed to participate in the senior week activities.  They were allowed to receive their diplomas on the stage, but not walk with the seniors.  The rationale for this was that the administration felt that keeping them off the stage was more of a punishment for the families than for the students.  This was Punahou School in Honolulu many years ago.  Recently, as Lill has said, there've been stories in the papers about various "pranks" that have earned the students various punishments; some schools are also forbidding kids attendance at any senior week activities or parties, but allowing them to receive the diplomas.

MysteryRobin:
Wow -those seem like really serious reprimands. We have a "senior prank day" where they do stuff like tp-ing and chalk writing and vasoline, etc... and then the juniors have to clean it up. No repercussions. But it's a private school.
The herbicide thing sounds like an awesome story idea!

Jeff Carney:
I used to have a neighbor I wanted to use the herbicide trick on. No guts, though.

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