East Dallas Times

By Bruce Felps, but not really

OK, we finally got word, and an accompanying photo, of this year’s Woodrow senior class prank. That would be the 2010 senior class, and the year plays an integral role here.

The following narrative comes first from Woodrow Alumnus Supreme Kyle Rains, who introduces narrative from Geena Hawryluk. Her connection and involvement to the caper comes from Rains.

Take it away, Kyle …

Woodrow Wilson High School senior class of 2010 pulled the traditional prank this week – it consisted of not only painting the football field with a giant “X” – the roman numeral for “10″ but also setting up a carnival for the in the senior parking lot – complete with a bounce house and cotton candy for breakfast.

A description by the parent, Geena Hawryluk — her son is Nick Muston, president of the senior class — who supplied the photo:

“Here’s what they did:  In the wee hours, a half-dozen or so men in black painted the big red X on the field, in the dark, although I understand there was a girl taking flash photos, much to the dismay of the men in black.  They had obtained written permission to be there from Principal Ruth Vail (in case somebody called the cops), who then was under the impression that that would be the prank.  The men in black were amused with themselves, knowing that Ruth went to bed thinking she knew the prank.

At 6 Tuesday morning, the bounce house man arrived with one less bounce-house than was ordered, as well as with the cotton candy machine and the snow cone machine.  The kids began setting up the bounce house on the painted spots, while parking their own cars in the unpainted spots, which would prevent any underclassmen from parking in the “senior” lot.  So, the juniors felt the sting as much as anyone.  When Vail & Associate Principal Dinnah Escanilla arrived, the kids met them with cotton candy for breakfast, followed by snow cones.  They began grilling hot dogs and hamburgers around 10 and once again fed the administrators.  This seems to be the key to keep from getting in trouble.  They played with water guns, one girl hung a hammock, and otherwise just spent the morning chilling.  It was a carnival for the Seniors only, not the rest of the school, again much to the dismay of the underclassmen.

Apparently the juniors had enough.  Word got around on Tuesday night that some juniors were on the field “messing with the X” and without written permission, of course.  The seniors’ response was to call the cops — there are 3 who are parents of seniors — so the attempt to add an I after the X was thwarted and the aborted project remains as a testament to the power of the Class of 2010″