Aerath said:
Our school's muck up day went a little too far, and they had to release a statement apologising to the rest of the school. But yeah, I don't think too many of the students thought that they had overstepped the boundaries - but then again, a lot of the people they were dissing were teachers.
Did anyone hear about Newington Yr 12's being banned from the Farewell due to pranks that went too far?
It's in the telegraph.
"School blamed for muck-up day rampage at Newington College
September 27, 2008 12:01am
School's "tight control" led to muck-up rampage
Students rebelling against intolerance"
Students may boycott graduation
A SCHOOL principal's "zero tolerance" of muck-up day at a prestigious boys high school has been blamed for a student rebellion that resulted in a teacher's car and the school hall being vandalised.
Four Newington College students have been banned from the grounds and are under police investigation.
Another three teens have been suspended and a further 43 stopped from attending yesterday's graduation luncheon.
Earlier this week, a teacher's car was egged and left with a broken tail light and a sex doll dumped on the roof, while students also spray-painted the windows of the hall and damaged a school heating system this week.
Frustrated principal, David G. Scott, said the school was left with no choice but to discipline the students after the boys were warned about inappropriate behaviour.
The incidents, discovered on Wednesday, came a month after the school issued a letter warning of a zero tolerance for property damage and dangerous behaviour during muck-up day.
But students yesterday blamed the school's tight controls for the rampage, including bans on an "old boys" tradition dating back decades of carving names into the hall woodwork.
"No one condones the vandalism, but it's so strict. It's like they don't want us having any fun," one student said. "We can't even sign our shirts and wear them."
Yesterday, students flirted with plans to boycott the graduation luncheon as Mr Scott defended the school's strict muck-up day policy.
"The staff feel it is way beyond what would have been expected and really the decision we came to is the middle road of action," he said.
"Some of those young blokes have done some incredibly good things. But they've got to face the outcome of their actions."
Mr Scott denied the school's tight reign of muck-day may have been to blame.
"There's no reason why they need to move in public inappropriately dressed," Mr Scott said.
Yesterday, the Parents and Citizens Association said, while it would not comment on the Newington incident, muck-up days were no longer a major problem for schools.
"It tends to be a redundant issue because life-long learning is now in place and Year12 is just a stepping stone more so than the great entry into into adulthood that was once recognised as," a spokesman said. "