There has been quite a bit of talk on social media and around town over the last couple of days regarding what some have referred to as a “senior prank” and others as an act of vandalism at Cherokee County High School late Monday night.

WEIS Radio News began receiving inquiries regarding the incident on Tuesday and into Wednesday and we contacted Superintendent of Education Mitchell Guice regarding the situation. Superintendent Guice had us contact Cherokee County High School Principal Seth Neyman and on Thursday were received an email from him in regards to matter.

In a statement by Mr. Neyman he says; students gained entry to the school through a classroom window and went into the hallway.  There they found a few classrooms unlocked. These classrooms had their desks stacked and piled into the hall.  There was toilet paper, glitter, plastic wrap, and confetti scattered throughout the hall and bottles of baby oil were emptied into the hall.  There were several cups of water placed throughout the hall as well. 

The faculty began arriving around 7:00 Tuesday morning to the mess in the hall.  Clean up took about an hour and fifteen minutes with classes beginning at approximately 8:30 a.m.  Faculty and student volunteers cleaned while the remainder of the underclassmen were directed to the gymnasium for supervision. 

Mr. Neyman went on to say that he has had nothing reported stolen or damaged and an investigation through surveillance and interviews, turned up several names of students involved.  An email was sent to the 34 students involved providing three options to square the situation with the school.  Students were told that if an option was not satisfied, the students would not receive a diploma on the night of graduation. 

According to Neyman as of the end of school on Thursday all suspected students involved had satisfied the requirements to receive their diploma.  An additional email was sent to the senior class as a reminder for good behavior at graduation.