BOYERTOWN, Pa. – New social media trends have wreaked havoc on property in the Boyertown Area School District.
During Monday night's school board meeting, Superintendent Marybeth Torchia reported that there was serious damage in district bathrooms because of vandalism related to violent challenges which encourage students to steal or destroy school property.
On TikTok, the "Bathroom Challenge" calls for the destruction of property, while the "Devious Licks Challenge" involves students stealing items from their schools.
Some Boyertown students, Torchia said, are savaging bathrooms and destroying fixtures while capturing the damage on videos. The student who causes the most damage in one school day is declared to be the "winner."
The superintendent told the board that criminal charges have been and will be made against guilty students. In addition, they will be suspended from school.
To help address the violence and vandalism, Torchia introduced a new school policy for threat assessment and slight revisions to existing policies on weapons, terroristic threats, hazing, bullying/cyberbullying, dating violence, emergency preparedness and school security personnel.
The policies will be introduced for a first reading at the next board meeting.
Board comments
During the board comments portion of the meeting, Director Ruth Dierolf said she had received accusatory emails related to politics. She said she was tired of the tirades about the school board abusing its power and that...
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