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Braden grinned at Mr. Branaghan and nodded. “Not bad, eh Sir?”
Mr. Branaghan did one of those slow head-shakes that people in authoritative positions in schools always do before saying “I’m very disappointed in you, student X. I thought you were more (sensible/intelligent/responsible) than that.”
He didn’t say anything, just implied his disappointment with the slow head shake. It was getting close to quarter-to-seven and by more staff cars were pulling up; staff cars in fact were lining the street along the football field almost to where the old couple with the college-prank story had come out. Teachers were slamming doors, leaving headlights on all over the place, and stomping forward to get a good look at the damage and destruction wrought. How would they ever manage one more day of valuable education under these circumstances?
No sign of Josh, but the sound of sirens was starting to reach the youthful ears of the joyous students. People would stop what they were doing, plunk a hand behind an ear and strain to listen, then cheer wildly for the oncoming Emergency Response Team.
Another bus stopped to let an enormous throng of giggling, eager students join the bedlam. Never in the entire history of education had the prospect of a day at school been approached with such unmasked joy by a student body.
Mr. Branaghan resumed slowly shaking his head, when another car pulled up to the strip mall, its windows open and stereo blasting Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out”.
The police were not amused, nor were the scores of parents who started showing up when word got around that something was amiss at SWC. Unfortunately, with the entire class of 2010 taking credit for the deed, there was nothing the police could or would do.
Wishes were granted when the Channel Five news team showed up, minutes after the police. They set about interviewing students, staff, and parents, with most interviews taking place in front of the news team’s favourite bits, which were the toilets, the library, an ousted whiteboard with “class of 2010” marked on it in all four whiteboard marker colours, and the caution-taped crosses keeping traffic out of the cafeteria.
Rose McMurphy: “We’re like totally the most awesome grad class in the city! Woo!”
Mr. Pedersen, the art teacher: “Here at Churchill, we strive to instill values such as creativity, ambition, and work ethic in the students. Then we get angry when they exercise these values.”
Mr. Branaghan: “While I am impressed with the sheer magnitude of this endeavor – it represents a very well organized, concerted effort on the part of our students, which makes me quite proud – the students do need to find more appropriate ways to express themselves. This is going to cost the school a lot of money to clean up, money that could quite frankly go to something more valuable, such as upgrading computers in the computer lab, new books for the library-“
Warrick Fletch: “This made me really feel accepted and part of the group. We were using my chair to take stuff out that other people couldn’t, like, carry…”
Chad McKinnis: “I got like four hours sleep, but, like, it was totally worth it.”
Amber Roth, grade 10 student: “Oh… My… God… this is so amazing. I just hope we can do something like this for our grad, class of 2012! Hey Lisa, Sarah, Tiff – I love you guys! And I just want to say-“
Ms. Bishop: “I’d like to know who’s going to clean this all up again, that’s what I’d like to know.”
Mr. Branaghan finally got the news people to leave, telling them that it was just the kind of attention that encourages the students to exhibit these kinds of negative behaviors, and with Braden’s help, the teaching staff managed to get the students to start moving things back into their normal positions in the building. Most students were disappointed not to have classes outside, but Braden said that seeing the reaction of the staff and his fellow students was enough, and pointed out that they didn’t really have electricity or plumbing out there. Braden also promised to devote a major blog to the event, complete with the countless photos he’d taken.
Josh showed up just as stuff was starting to go back in, after the police, news people, and parents had left.
It took all day to move everything back into their rightful places; with the entire student body and staff helping, it took twice as long as it had to take the stuff out the night before. Everybody wanted to get home in time to watch the six o’clock news; a news broadcast that made it onto Youtube within minutes.
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