White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Punishments Forthcoming in High School Senior Prank Gone Out of Control

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. June 8, 2012 UPDATED WITH VIDEO LINKS, JUNE 8, 2012, 1:33 P.M. E.D.T.: A massive food fight broke out in the White Plains High School cafeteria Thursday at lunchtime, instigated by members of the senior class. It was reported to WPCNR by witnesses that cellphones were confiscated by school officials to prevent pictures and video being made of the incident. However, today visual confirmation of the chaos may be seen on videos secretly shot inside the school at the food fight, posted on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOsNlWQn-U another YouTube video documenting the dangerous hall situation may be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ_KnuUpQZ8 According to Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Christopher Clouet, yesterday in a written statement, Clouet wrote WPCNR:

"Yes, there was a "food fight/water balloon fight" ...apparently as part of a "senior prank". There were no fisticuffs and there were no arrests.Staff handled it quickly. Students returned to class and were dismissed without incident at the end of the day.

School will be open tomorrow!

I am disappointed that a small fraction of our students acted in an inappropriate way today. School administrators are investigating. We do anticipate that disciplinary action will be taken." White Plains Police units were called to the scene that witnesses said was dangerous White Plains Commissioner of Public Safety, David Chong wrote WPCNR: ". Our School Resource Officer and a few patrol units and Community Affairs units responded to help out at the HIgh School. There are no reported arrests at this time." Parents learned of the incident when students returning home from White Plains High School this afternoon reported that the school was in lockdown from the lunch hour on. Students said rumors of a food fight to be staged were all over the halls of the school this morning, and when lunch hour began, students (alleged to be members of the senior class executing a senior prank) wearing masks launched a fusillade of balloons,(some balloons were said to be filled with urine) and food projectiles. One witness said a student was hit near the eye with an apple launched by a slingshot and was taken to a hospital (THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED). Assistant Principal Dixon was seen covered in food. Custodians from other schools in the district were called in to clean up the mess in the cafeteria described as being awash in water, juices and emptied garbage. Witnesses said students were running out of the cafeteria to escape the out-of-control situation at the height of the melee. Witnesses said students slipped and fell on the soaking cafeteria floors, the mess was that bad. All appeared quiet as of 4:30 P.M.


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