Punishment for NJ students includes fines for toilet paper prank at school

✅ 50 South River High School seniors have been identified as being part of a prank

✅ The students must agree to the terms of a 'graduation participation contract'

✅ Monday was the deadline to accept the deal

SOUTH RIVER — The students identified as being part of the senior prank vandalism that led to the cancellation of classes must pay a fine and agree to certain terms, including community service, in order to be part of Thursday's commencement.

Video of the prank shows South River High School students throwing toilet paper everywhere, moving chairs and desks from the second floor of the school to the first and wrapping items in plastic.

Mayor Peter Guindi told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that nothing was broken or stolen.

The students have been sent a "graduation participation contract" with terms they must comply with in order to participate in commencement. The deadline to return the signed contact is Monday.

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According to the contract obtained by NJ.com the terms include:

• Pay a $150 fine
• Perform 5 hours of community service
• Graduates will receive an empty diploma case at commencement. They will receive their diploma when the community service is complete
• Prank participants may not attend the annual senior clap to and class barbeque

No criminal charges would be filed against the seniors who sign the contract.

Schools Superintendent Sylvia Zircher and high school Principal James Kinard did not respond to New Jersey 101.5's request for a copy of the contract or a question about the number of students who signed the agreement.

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