People Share Their School's Huge Scandal
High school can be both exciting and terrifying. Within a four year span, you learn a whole lot about yourself and other people. Friendships are made while enemies are created, and what you do with those relationships after graduation is up to you.
You're also put into all sorts of random situations. Some are harmless fun, like tricking your teacher into sitting on a whoopie cushion, but others are so notorious they quickly become the talk of the cafeteria.
If that's not enough, the local news may arrive to ask you some questions. From bathroom mishaps to grades being changed, these got everyone talking in the halls. Years after graduation, these situations still feel like they happened yesterday.
They'll certainly be brought up again at the next high school reunion.
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#1 Would I Lie To You?
A girl in my year lied about having a relationship with a teacher. We all knew that she was straight up crazy and was making it up, but the school board obviously had to take it very seriously and the teacher was fired.
The worst part was that the teacher's wife was also a teacher at the school, so even though she wasn't fired, she pretty much had to leave her job as well.
The school board eventually figured out the girl was lying and offered both teachers their positions back, but they both declined.
#2 B For Busted
Some guy jokingly wrote, "If I don't get a B for this, I'm going on a rampage" on his English test. 15 minutes later, a police response unit stormed the classroom and arrested him on the spot.
They did it non-violently, but it still was quite frightening for deterrence reasons, I guess. Needless to say, I think the guy learned his lesson.
#3 The Phrase That Pays
My high school had some fights that managed to make the local news, and the principal’s words about it were broadcasted as well.
She was livid and talked loudly in a passive-aggressive manner over the announcements the next morning, repeating our school’s mission statement over and over, and ending the broadcast with: “Record THAT!
” The whole speech became a bit of a meme around the school after that. Some students even made t-shirts with "Record THAT!" written across the backs.
#4 It's Everywhere You Want To Be
My high school's district superintendent did a lot of shady things.
She hired a relative who wasn't qualified for the job, increased the salary of administrators every year, and also used the district's credit card to buy meals, groceries, gas, personal electronics, and gift cards.
When the state audit went through, they said that the damage was around $1.1 million.
Her husband was also an administrator. When she eventually got caught, she just retired and for some reason never faced federal charges.
My favorite part is that the state audit discovered that the district's credit card was used to purchase logging equipment the same month the superintendent's husband filed paperwork to open a timber company.
Everyone knew there was corruption in the school district, but no audits or investigations happened until someone was threatened by the superintendent's husband on Facebook.
