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The MVSD students responsible for posting videos of alleged vandalism on school grounds have come forward. Earlier in the week, the district learned of videos posted on social media that showed students appearing to pee on MVE playground equipment. It was later determined to be an illusion using a water bottle.
Superintendent Grant Storey told MVE he disinfected the playground equipment himself before learning it was water.
LBHS was also hit with mischief: spilled milk in areas of the building, including the boys’ bathroom, prompting the school to limit consumption of lunch to the cafeteria only.
In a letter to parents on Friday, the district said the trend was “likely inspired” but not tied to a particular trend. The TikTok accounts went by the names lbhs _pisser, lbhs_milker and lbhs_gooner. Grant said parents and community members contacted the school after learning about the posts.
“Working within our discipline policy, appropriate action is being taken,” according to a letter signed by all three school principals in the district and Storey and sent to parents on Friday.
The letter states the students will make a public statement “in an effort to influence other students to stop these behaviors and learn from the mistakes of others,” but Storey did not respond by press time as to what that would look like.
In March, a student who posted a seven second clip on Snapchat asking people to help him shoot demonstrators in Twisp signed a letter of apology on school letterhead.
Grant said he expected to deal with behavioral challenges when he assumed the superintendent’s role this summer.
“If you’re in education, you are always dealing with behavioral issues and challenges,” he said. “I think it’s hard for a lot of us to understand the draw [of Tik Tok challenges], but that’s why we also do talk and try to understand the motivation and the draw of these different types of challenges and behaviors, to try to understand why students do participate in these. We try to think about how we can provide social emotional and community building activities and try to have conversations about responsible digital use so that we can try to prevent these types of behaviors.”
While the students have been identified, the owners of the accounts have not. The school is in communication with law enforcement.
