Feb 12, 2008 11:38 pm US/Eastern
Video Released Of Northeast High Fowl Prank
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
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Northeast High School
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Students at Northeast
High School in Rhawnhurst
returned to school Tuesday following their dismissal Monday morning due to a
'fowl' prank.
Police said school staff discovered approximately 85 chickens in the basement
and on the first and second floors of Northeast Philadelphia
High School at about 5
a.m.
The clucking mess is thought to have been in the school for at least eight
hours before it was discovered.
Officials believe the birds were part of a prank by members of the senior
class, as the number '167' was found written on lockers throughout the school.The
alleged chicken wranglers apparently left the birds inside with plenty of food
during their overnight stay.
Reportedly the school was littered with waste, leftover feed and various other
chicken byproducts.
Officials said students were being dismissed for the day and special education
students and staff reported to the Woodrow
Wilson Middle
School while the mess was cleaned up and the
feathery visitors were removed.
Investigators recently released
surveillance footage showing shows four to five
hooded individuals in the school prior to the fowl fiasco.
Detective Bryan Trush has been reviewing the video looking for answers in a
prank he believes was over the top.
"It went too far. They had to evacuate the school. Disinfect
the school. They wrote 167 over 200 lockers. That's institutional vandalism,"
said Trush.
Investigators believe the senior class is directly involved
as they are the 167th class graduating from Northeast High School.
Students have embraced the prank, and some of them are wearing t-shirts that
read: "We're into Chickens Y'all."
A local farmer was brought to the school to help remove the chickens and bring
to an area farm.
Officials from the city's Health Department spent Monday evening inside the
school and determined conditions were sanitary enough to reopen the school for
classes on Tuesday.
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