Excerpt from: Against a wall at R.L. Thomas

By Chris Lavin / Times Union

Some students and administrators having arrived at R.L.Thomas High School in Webster had to follow circuitous routes to their classrooms this morning.

During the night, a group of about 30 pranksters from the senior class erected a 10-by-12 cement-block wall across a narrow corrider on the building's north side.

The wall was adorned with a picture of Wayne Adams, the senior class' disciplinarian and vice principal, and a sign teasing Adams, according to Kenneth Capo, one of the seniors involved in the prank.

Capo said the students used a key to enter the building, at 800 Five Mile Line Road, at 1 a.m. and had lookourts with CB radios to warn students inside the school in case anyone else entered the building. It took the group two hours to build the wall.

"It was a great time," Capo said. "Everyone loves it."

Adams said that within minutes of seeing the wall, he knew that senior class president David DiPietro had been involved in the prank. Capo said that DiPietro was the project's "mastermind."........

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Jason Hanna: Class of ’98 ALMOST had the best prank ever. We had approximately 15 guys. We bought a stripped car, scratched off the VIN, and had it towed to the high school at about 1am. At one of the pranksters houses, we erected a crank/hoist that would be able to lift the car from the side parking lot, over the two story building and back down into the courtyard.
We had look outs at various points around the building and nearby buildings with scanners to pick up if any police were coming. Well, we got the car all the way to the roof, but the way the hoist was made, the car wouldn’t be able to clear the roof until the ENTIRE car cleared. As we were trying to overcome this challenge, we saw a Crown Victoria creeping in the neighborhood across the way. We sounded a code red and everybody ran. The car dropped from the roof to the ground and smashed. Needless to say, we bolted, and by 5am the next morning a tow truck had come to haul the car away. It was the best prank that never made it.
OH, and by the way: the Crown Vic across the way was an 80 year old lady that was delivering newspapers!

Jessica Balli 2001:The 1999 seniors had a pretty clasic prank...they went down to a bird store, and bought 200 birds and put them through the return book door in the library. Needless to say that the birds shat EVERYWHERE! The librarian was pretty pissed!

Mark Heyenck: How about the V.W. that almost, or did end up on the roof of the pool in 1974.

Cindy: I think it was 73 @ Thomas, that they pulled porta potties into the courtyard. Then they had a heck of a time getting them out again.

Jim Delapp: Someone hired an amateur stripper for Vice Principal Dave Ragusa in 1995... There was a large crowd outside his office as she went to work. Whoever hired that beast, that was the best 10 bucks you could have spent. I almost lit off fire crackers in the crowd but was sub~Duded by local teaching authorities. You should see the film I have from the last day of school... Eggs,Papers Flying,firecrackers behind the toilet when some dude was taking a dump! Oh my.... People in the halls hit the ground when the firecrackers went off, I don't have to tell you what the guy did on the toilet. 7 years later.... Sorry about that dude. I am surprised you didn't smell the (cigarette delay timer) installed on the firecracker....