Senior 'Shenanigans' Bring Police to Both High Schools

On what must have been the climactic date for senior pranks and ploys, police answered several calls to Brookfield's high schools June 5 on reports ranging from vandalism inside and outside the schools to unsafe mass transit.

First, a third-shift maintenance worker at Brookfield East High School called police to report he’d seen four masked people running off across the west parking lot at about 3 a.m. and then found evidence of vandalism and plenty of supplies to do more.

Four barrels had been cemented to the school’s service drive, and two large bags had been abandoned. They contained spray paint, crepe paper, toilet paper and women’s underwear.

The figure “2013” had been spray-painted on the grass, and bird seed had been strewn on the front sidewalk. Police could not locate any suspects.

Next, at 7:55 a.m., police were alerted to more than 100 bicyclists riding in a group on Gebhardt Road at North Brookfield Road, taking up a full lane of traffic and with some veering into oncoming traffic.

They were determined to be Brookfield Central seniors performing a rite of passage and had arrived at school before police located them. School officials were made aware of the matter, and no police action was taken.