45 People Shared Their High School Scandals & They’re Worse Than We Expected

Everyone gets up to a bit of mischief in high school. Yet, some kids take it too far and find themselves in real trouble with the “pranks” they pull.

The plan these kids had was to get a few extra snacks at lunch. The only problem is that you can really get in trouble for printing fake money. The result was pretty harsh and it seems like the valedictorian really lost a lot of opportunities here.

There’s a lot you don’t want your parents to do when you start dating. For one, you usually don’t hope they marry your boyfriend’s parents.

That’s exactly the situation this teen couple found themselves in and the fallout of their relationship was brutal thanks to the other kids in school. It seems like they had to leave altogether to escape the cruelty of other kids.

Usually, after you graduate, it doesn’t take as long as you think to see your peers start their adult lives. Social media has made it easy to keep up with everyone too.

As such, it wasn’t too shocking that the person in question here ended up pregnant shortly after high school. Yet, it was the identity of the father that shocked everyone in this small town. No one really expected a link between these two familiar faces like this.

There are some things that you just don’t expect your principal to do. Embezzling money is one of those things that would be groundbreaking. It sounds like this one high school scandal that no one is going to forget anytime soon.

After all, it’s not every day that your social studies teacher gets caught stealing field trip funds from the school. We wonder if the students even got their time out of class with these funds disappearing.

We all have days when we don’t want to go to class. Oftentimes, this means playing sick for a day or even hiding out in the bathroom for a period.

This student went the extra mile and decided irreversible damage to the school was the way to go. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they didn’t just destroy the building and probably endanger people — but they also managed to destroy a lifetime’s worth of souvenirs as well.

Sometimes, it can seem like there are some teenagers can have an absolutely disgusting sense of humor. This story doesn’t really help that thought process.

If you tried to wash your hands and reached for some soap only to experience this nightmare, you’d be rightfully infuriated and disgusted. Not to mention, there’s no soap to get clean with now either. On top of that, the prep work for this prank doesn’t seem worth it either.

There are plenty of situations where kids don’t live with their biological family members. That’s the situation this student was in. At first, it made waves as rumors but it seems like it wouldn’t have been that interesting.

It was the update shortly after that made this situation so scandalous. Once these two tied the knot, the suspicion that many had seemed confirmed. This all happened within a year, too!

Grades are a source of stress for many kids in high school. The least they should expect is a level playing field for everyone. It seems like this student class principal had other ideas.

Rather than setting an example for the rest of the kids, this student class president put their ethics aside and changed the popular kids’ grades in the system — and it was all probably to make it ‘in’ with the cool crowd.

We’ve covered that there are a few things that teachers absolutely aren’t allowed to do. Fighting a student is near the top of the list. This student wasn’t about to just stand down just because they were dealing with the dean of the school.

In fact, it seems like the student gave this dean another reason that he should have never resorted to violence in the first place. The results here were pretty permanent!

There are some news stories that fly under the radar. Some stories just don’t stand out as much as the other ones aired that day.

This story is scandalous enough that it wouldn’t be forgotten about anytime soon. It’s hard to escape your — surely former — students seeing a story of you on the news. It’s definitely one that would be told in that school for years to come.

Once again, it’s never appropriate for a teacher to show a romantic interest in a student. This teacher’s wife was starting to get really suspicious. So, she hired a private detective to figure everything out.

Unfortunately, the private investigator found that the story was actually more than a rumor. We’re glad to hear this ended in him leaving the school but the turn the relationship took was enough to concern many and warrant a scandal.

Students aren’t the only ones causing scandals where they study. High school can lead to a lot of workplace scandals as well. This seems like a tale of heartbreak but also like it somehow managed to work out in the end.

After all, it seems like everyone actually ended up with the people they were secretly with for so long. We’re sure it’s one story that’s always passed down to new freshmen now.

There are some things that aren’t pranks anymore. They’re just malicious and they could really get somebody hurt. Stealing chemicals from the chemistry lab to poison a teacher is something that no one would be able to look past.

What’s even harder to understand is why the girl even bothered putting up a fight when the cops showed up to intervene. Whatever the case may be, let’s just hope that the teacher had a speedy recovery!

There are some kids who are more than willing to give teachers a hard time. Oftentimes, they’re just trying to do their jobs and get through their own days.

The kids who started to pick on this teacher quickly stepped into actual harassment. As a matter of fact, they managed to get the teacher fired all because they went out of their way to maliciously trick him. We’re glad to hear he’s thriving now, at least.

There are some things that you simply don’t expect in a fight. This girl definitely managed to surprise the other student when they got into a fight. For reasons that no one seems quite sure about, this student had a sample of her own urine that day.

Whatever test it was meant for, they surely needed another sample because this one ended up in someone else’s face. This doesn’t seem like something you’d ever be ready to experience.

There are some things that a teacher should never do. One of them is running away with a student as soon as they’re legally an adult. This scandal is one with horrible themes.

It seems like this teacher was well-loved by just about everyone until this scandal came out. From there, it’s easy to see that he wasn’t as great as everyone initially thought he was.

This is another story that really only gets wilder as it goes on. If someone hadn’t witnessed it, it’d be a hard one to believe.

We have to wonder exactly what this assistant principal was thinking and why they wanted to frame a student. We just have to hope that he was okay and be glad that it seems like the student ended up not being framed for this crime.

There are some things that are completely unacceptable to do and they often call for consequences that are proportional to those actions. What these students were doing was outright awful in just about every regard.

Once it hit the news, you would think these boys would be in a lot of trouble and find it hard to avoid the consequences. It’s awful to hear that there were no consequences for violating the other students’ privacy like this.

There are some things that people get really upset about if you lie about them. Not many people take concepts like stolen valor seriously.

This principal was more than happy to tell students about his time as a Navy SEAL. When the story actually got back to a military family, though, they smelled something fishy. It didn’t take long for it to come out that the whole thing was a huge charade.

There are some things that can never be forgiven. This teacher was in a lot more trouble than just losing his position at the local high school. This teacher did more than just harshly reprimand a student or run off with another staff member.

It seems like their crime was one they definitely couldn’t take back. Not to mention, this is one that surely everyone in town heard about at some point.

There are some things that kids do in high school but they don’t really get excited to do it. No one wants to take their SATs.

A lot of kids even end up taking them more than once, vying for a better grade before the time for college applications rolls around. A lot of schools also require their athletes to sustain a certain academic standard. That’s where this scandal came in and it wasn’t really fair to any of the kids that actually had to take the SATs.

There are some things that would definitely go around the school once the news breaks. The tragic loss of a classmate would be hard to miss. At least, you wouldn’t think so.

This person’s story is more than just scandalous — it’s downright horrifying. It’s hard to imagine something like this going unnoticed, especially in the school parking lot. This would be a tragedy hard for students and staff to wrap their heads around.

There are some pranks in high school that are legitimately harmless. However, racking up huge bills in your senior prank often puts things over the line. These teens thought it would be funny to target the buses for their pranks.

The only problem was the route they chose resulted in a staggering amount of damage. They ended up getting away with what they did but it seems like it definitely changed how the school did things after such an expensive incident.

Sometimes, you get into small disagreements with your colleagues and then you move on. That’s a bit harder if there’s a power imbalance.

With this lunch lady having a bit more pull, this janitor faced pretty severe consequences for disagreeing with her. That wasn’t something the students were about to stand for, though. It’s good to see a scandal with a happy ending — the janitor getting his firing revoked.

There are some things that are inherently suspicious. When you think about the circumstances, it’s easy to tell that something just doesn’t add up. This student council’s bill just didn’t quite add up.

After all, most schools don’t dedicate such a large budget just to paper. It makes you wonder what the money was actually spent on and what some of the rumors swirling around the school were.

Do you remember the show Gossip Girl that was so popular for a time? It seems almost too ridiculous to ever happen.

That didn’t stop one student from taking inspiration from the show and making a page of their own for the school. Unfortunately, this led to some rather public bullying that this person was lucky enough to dodge. As for the rest of the school, it seems like it really ruined things for people.

This person notes that this might not be much of a scandal but it seems like the sort of thing that really would qualify as such.

If there’d just been a mistake and the teacher caught a student on fire before shortly putting it out, they’d probably already go down in school history. However, the fact that this was an unauthorized experiment makes the story all the more scandalous.

New students often catch the eye of the student body. If nothing else, usually people are interested in seeing a change in their surroundings — people included. This student ended up standing out for a different reason.

It became clear when she revealed she was actually an undercover police officer. We have to wonder what exactly led to her presence there and the arrests shortly after. It seems even more concerning that it reached both kids and parents!

It seems a little too good to be true that the mom of your friend would pay for the whole group’s dinner. In this case, it really was. It seemed like Amanda had gotten something that any teen would dream of.

It wasn’t until Monday when Amanda wasn’t at school that everyone learned who had really funded their trip out to dinner after school. It was one of the teacher’s credit cards and she hadn’t quite given her blessing.

There’s a cliché that it doesn’t take long after high school for some kids to fall into MLMs. That’s where all those texts from people you used to vaguely know come from years after you graduate.

It seems like some of the student body doesn’t necessarily want to wait for high school to end in order to get in on the action. Well, at least that seemed to be the case with this high school. That’s one scandal this person was ready to break up, much to their classmates’ dismay.

When there’s a fight in class, you probably expect it to be two students coming to blows over some disagreement. That wasn’t quite the case here. This time, it was the teachers who were caught up in an argument in front of a teenage audience.

When this teacher’s spouse found out the truth, though, she wasn’t going to wait for the final bell for a confrontation. It seems like the two teachers didn’t end their relationship, though.

There are some things that schools tend to take seriously across the board. Standardized testing and cheating are two things that can get you in a lot of trouble when you put them together.

When one teenager got a an idea in their head to steal the answers to the upcoming AP US History test, it became a lucrative business. We have to notice that no one mentions getting caught here. Did they ultimately get away with it?

When you’re in school, there are few things quite as exciting as someone bringing in a treat for the class. So, we imagine these cookies were gone fast.

If a few students thought they tasted off, though, there was bad news at the end of the line. Plenty of chefs have their own “secret ingredients” for their recipes but not many people include Grandma in the cookie mix.

It’s easy for senior pranks to get out of hand. After all, teenagers aren’t always noted for their excessive forethought when they want to have a little fun.

This person’s high school had a big problem on its hands when someone thought of a senior prank that caused a lot more trouble than they probably expected. It’s even more inconvenient that it happened on a testing day, too!

There are a lot of kids who cheat in high school. However, if you get caught, the consequences can turn out to be direr than they’d expect.

Copying an answer or two is enough to raise red flags for teachers. A gigantic cheating ring is another matter entirely. Obviously, the school had to do something different at this point. This person said life would never be the same for incoming underclassmen.

It’s no secret that teachers are often underpaid and they often work in underfunded departments. It could make an educational professional desperate. Although it took a while, the truth about this scandal came out eventually.

The mysterious fire that happened years before was an inside job from the science teacher heading the department. Arson seems like an extreme measure to take and an expensive one, since you now have to rebuild entirely.

Cross-country, as the name suggests, is the type of sport that can take you all over. After all, you aren’t limited to a track.

When you’re running all over and you’re a curious high school student, you’re bound to explore a few interesting places you stumble across. It’s best to check for no-trespassing signs to avoid trouble, though. These students might have missed a few important cues before they ran into a few unfriendly faces.

If you go to school near a farm, you might have to deal with animals getting on campus once in a while. Still, an ostrich isn’t easy to catch.

Luckily, these teachers found a way to keep it contained while they waited for a more permanent solution. It seems like they didn’t actually have to figure out a solution in the end. All the excitement turned out to be just too much for this poor, escaped bird.

They always tell you not to lie on your resume and it seems like there’s a reason for that. Plus, using a friend as a reference and faking a degree are two pretty big differences.

This teacher probably thought he got off scot-free after he was successfully hired. However, the skeletons in his closet came back to bite him later on. When he was finally faced with the consequences of his actions, he didn’t leave quietly.

When you go to a more rural school, it’s not necessarily uncommon to have animals on the campus in some capacity. This school had an agriculture building that just so happened to have a few hogs in there, too.

Again, we have to point out that in an ideal prank, it’s funny and no one gets hurt. Sadly, the hog was definitely hurt in this process, meaning this “prank” wasn’t seen as very funny at all.

There are plenty of people who wait their whole lives for their big break. Who wouldn’t want to take their chance to be on TV and change their lives? This teacher definitely changed their life with their TV appearance.

We’re just not so sure that this was the show that they were hoping to be on. It’s a bit haunting that it was only after he was caught on the show that they knew and he lost his job at the school.

The scandals you hear about in high school aren’t all about what the students do. Teachers causing trouble can bring even more lasting cafeteria tales. Having to take time off for medical reasons is completely valid.

However, it left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths when it came out that this teacher was faking her high-risk pregnancy in totality. It made it even worse that another staff member was dealing with a serious illness at the time.

We’ve seen a lot of haunting stories here. It seems like there aren’t too many good ways to create a scandal. The word tends to have negative connotations.

These students definitely managed to garner the attention that they were looking for after the rules were changed in their school. Rather than a fight, though, this school was in the paper for a grade-wide hug in a rather peaceful protest of not being allowed to hug or hold hands in the hall.

A lot of students who go to school rely on the cafeteria for their lunch each day. This minor scandal was a cafeteria-induced rage amongst students.

One cafeteria snack they loved to splurge on was garlic bread. Sadly, as with many things, inflation ended up reaching the cafeteria garlic bread. It was only 20 cents but for a bunch of teenagers, it was just too much to handle.

Candy at school is one thing that kids usually go crazy for. However, these kids couldn’t help but notice one of their favorites was missing.

The school had always told them that there were no peanut M&Ms because the peanuts in them were a huge allergy hazard. Later on, it was proved that wasn’t quite the incase. In fact, it was one of the sweeter teachers who was keeping them for her chocolate fix.