Firbank Grammar students accused of vandalising multiple cars belonging to Brighton Grammar students
The police have been called on Firbank Grammar year 12 girls for causing “senseless damage” and targeting cars belonging to Brighton Grammar boys.
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Students from an elite girls’ school have been accused of “going too far” with their muck-up day pranks after causing serious damage to cars belonging to year 12 pupils from a nearby private boy’s school.
Footage obtained by the Herald Sun shows a student’s ute covered in offensive scrawls and plastic wrap.
In another video, female students, who are believed to attend Firbank Grammar, are seen next to a car, which has also been vandalised.
It’s understood at least five cars have been targeted, with one pupil reporting the incident to police.
Students claim the Firbank girls scratched cars and painted parts of them using nail polish.
A Year 12 Brighton Grammar student, who asked not to be named, said he was “angered” at the damage, saying the female pupils had taken the pranks “too far”.
“There’s hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of damage on some of the cars, it’s just unacceptable,” he said.
“It goes against the culture of muck-up day. We’re meant to be celebrating year 12 and playing a few jokes, but not creating senseless damage.
The pupil said the students affected had been left “absolutely distraught” from the incident.
“The words they have written on the cars are highly offensive.
“Our muck-up day is on Friday and we keep everything within the school and we celebrate our achievements on the day while still having fun.
“We are really disappointed by the actions of these students, we hope Firbank takes serious action against them.”
Last year, a Scotch College teacher was left with a broken jaw after students in hazmat suits and masks stormed the canteen and spread shaving cream around the campus as part of muck-up day pranks.
End-of-year events, including a year 12 barbecue, at the leading Hawthorn School were cancelled and a letter has been sent to parents expressing great disappointment in the boys’ antics.
At Lalor Secondary College, there were trashed bathrooms, dress-ups on the oval, jumping castles and shaving cream fights.
In another incident last year at St Bernard’s College in Essendon, students took part in water fights and chants, attracting ire from one staff member who threatened to email some students’ “disappointed” parents.
Firbank and Brighton Grammar have been contacted for comment.