Sunday, February 10, 2013

Ohio School Cancels prom on the water balloon fight

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio high school cancelled its prom to punish students for a joke: a massive water balloon fight at lunch.

Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/Xszo65) reports that the principal of Withrow High School in Cincinnati says students used social media last month for planning the hoax.
Principal Sharon Johnson said staff discovered and tried to prevent it. Did joke day ads planned, students would have canceled prom alert if they balloon fight. School officials were concerned about security.
But about 150 to 175 students went ahead with it. Johnson says that there was water everywhere and some students were upset and slip and fall.
Johnson says that she had only received a few calls from parents upset.
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Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com

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