Senior “Prank” Stuns Community
For years, senior pranks have been an expected part of high school. As seniors prepare to graduate from the very school that has hosted them for four grueling years, they seek to leave behind a legacy – some kind of lasting impression for which their class will always be remembered.
But residents of Charter Road woke up on Tuesday, January 12 to something far more severe than a benign senior prank. “Seniors 2010,” written in bright orange spray paint, spanned the side of the Charter Road barn less than half a mile from ABRHS. In front of the fluorescent graffiti lay the remains of forty-year-old lilac bushes, mutilated by the vandals in order to gain access to the barn.
For forty years, Marcia and Dean Charter have lived at 81 Charter Road. The 4.5-acre property has been in their family for over 150 years. Yet in a single night, students defaced a barn that has stood for 230 years as a proud icon of the Charter history. “What were you thinking?” asks senior Alyssa Zhu, noting what she would say if she were to meet the perpetrators. Because of the extensive damage, the historic barn may require complete reshingling, and the prized lilac bushes will take thirty years to grow back. Continue Reading this Article »
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