Anonymous wrote:I think her punishment is appropriate. I'm surprised they didn't pursue criminal charges against the graduating kid, frankly.

That goes way beyond senior prank.

+1 I hope she learned her lesson. If not, I'll be looking for her on TMZ.

She got off easy. Bad call to 'help' her friend w/the prank.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard of criminal charges in cases like this. I think she got off lightly.

Me too. My brother did something like this to another student. He was an accomplice too and he was expelled from his private school. He was shunned by everyone in his new public school. I can't say I blame them.

Oh and I forgot to add that there was one other student who knew about this prank but was not involved. That student was expelled for knowing about it and not reporting it. Your niece got off easy!

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Anonymous wrote:They drugged people without their consent. Those people got sick.

Laxatives could have caused significant health issues or drug interactions with the teachers.

Absolutely she should be severely punished.

+1 that's not a prank, it's a crime. As a matter of fact, I call troll because I think police would have been involved.

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Eh when I was in high school, the senior prank ended in a hazmat team being called and a teacher going to the hospital (ended up being a rotten fish put in the ventilation system). No charges filed because of influential parents and the school not wanting the negative publicity.

Curious if your sister also thought the punishment was excessive or if she, like most of the pp's, realized that her dd could have faced criminal charges and was content with this punishment and only you (op) think it's excessive.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe some posters can share their own or their kids' pranks and punishments?

I switched the salt and the sugar one April Fools Day.

Anonymous wrote:I've heard of criminal charges in cases like this. I think she got off lightly.

Me too. My brother did something like this to another student. He was an accomplice too and he was expelled from his private school. He was shunned by everyone in his new public school. I can't say I blame them.

Anonymous wrote:They drugged people without their consent. Those people got sick.

Laxatives could have caused significant health issues or drug interactions with the teachers.

Absolutely she should be severely punished.

+1 that's not a prank, it's a crime. As a matter of fact, I call troll because I think police would have been involved.

Will she think it is a prank when some guy slips something in her drink at a party?

Both kids should have been required to do hours of community service.

Seriously... what if one of the teachers was pregnant, or the laxative was contradicted by something else the teacher was taking. This is extremely dangerous.

Honestly, she got off lightly. What a horrible prank!

Anonymous wrote:OP, the punishment is more extensive on the kids involved in extra-curricular activities. Student athletes and those in leadership/honor positions (NHS, mentoring, president of clubs) lose all those things in addition to the suspension. Uninvolved kids get the suspension only. Similarly, the senior here "lucked out" because graduation was just days away -- this, nothing to take from him except walking the ceremony (he'd already earned his diploma). The school could have written a letter to the college where the senior was headed (but doesn't sound like that happened).

PP, you don't know this. Schools don't tell you how they punish other people's kids.

I would lawyer up and sue them for college tuition

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My niece is a rising junior. At the end of last year, she helped a senior friend carry out "his" prank - he put laxatives in brownies and put them in the teacher's lounge. . . My niece, on the other hand, was found to be the "accomplice" and will face a five day suspension at the start of this school year, was kicked out of NHS, being a freshman mentor, her president role of a club, and a few other things.

Is this appropriate punishment, do you think? I just found out about it tonight when my sister called me (for other reasons, but somehow the topic came up) and it seems a little excessive, but maybe I'm off base.

You are off base. Your niece was involved in activity that is criminal in nature. No one pressed charges. She is old enough to know better. She needs to see just how serious her conduct was so that she doesn't do the same stupid type of things when she gets older. You don't seem to get just how serious her conduct was and that she could have ended up in juvenile detention and with a criminal record for this activity.

OP, the punishment is more extensive on the kids involved in extra-curricular activities. Student athletes and those in leadership/honor positions (NHS, mentoring, president of clubs) lose all those things in addition to the suspension. Uninvolved kids get the suspension only. Similarly, the senior here "lucked out" because graduation was just days away -- this, nothing to take from him except walking the ceremony (he'd already earned his diploma). The school could have written a letter to the college where the senior was headed (but doesn't sound like that happened).

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe some posters can share their own or their kids' pranks and punishments?

I never played pranks, and none of my friends did either. Most of us are in the babies and toddlers stage.

A senior class prank at my high school was to blow up tons of balloons and place them all in the principal's office. They literally filled the office with balloons from floor to ceiling. Sure, it was sort of a pain for someone to have to pop all those balloons (and I think they made the seniors do it), but the principal laughed when he opened the door and no one was harmed. People took a lot of pictures and there was even a picture of the principal laughing in front of the open door in the school paper.
A good senior prank is funny, but not cruel and causes no harm to anyone. Causing people to ingest drugs without their knowledge is not at all funny and can cause great harm. I would be very upset if my child did such a thing and there would be serious consequences at home as well as at school.