Aliquippa High School students not allowed to attend graduation following senior prank

The photo above shows the prank at Aliquippa High School (Submitted by Jason Harvey)
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published May 18, 2023 3:15 P.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) Seniors at Aliquippa High School have allegedly been told they aren’t allowed to walk at graduation, attend prom, and participate in other activities such as Senior Day and Field Day. That’s according to a Senior Class Officer at Aliquippa, Jason Harvey. Harvey tells Beaver County Radio a typical Senior prank that he participated in, along with other students, resulted in “terrible punishment” by the school administration.
On the night of May 10th, students put eggs, chocolate syrup, honey, and ranch on doors and windows of the school as their Senior prank. The students also say they cleaned it up on their own after it was seen by the school. Aliquippa School District stated that the full clean up costed them between 4-$5,000. Harvey says, “if you aren’t on the football team, or a favorite student, you get the worst treatment”, “it’s not right at all, everyone should get the same treatment”. In addition to the previously mentioned punishments, he was also suspended for 3 days. He notes this was his first offense at the school, and 3 other students are also facing the same punishments.
Harvey feels the response by the district has “gone too far”.  A similar incident took place in 2021 at the district, and the district reversed their decision to not allow students to attend graduation in that case.

 


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