Up to 10 students are set to be suspended and 22 prefects have quit after a muck-up day rampage caused police to put an exclusive private school into lock down.
About 110 Year 12 schoolboys ran riot through the grounds of The Scot’s College, an elite school in Bellevue Hill in Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs.
Police turned up at the school about 8am on Friday and confiscated alcohol, according to news.com.au.
Police were forced to put an exclusive private school (pictured, stock image) into lockdown after 150 male students caused chaos during an out-of-control muck-up day rampage
Students skipped classes and gathered at a nearby park before causing havoc at the school, flipping furniture over and throwing watermelons, eggs and flour at buildings.
In a meeting on Tuesday morning 22 prefects resigned from their duties and handed back their prefect ties to school principal Ian Lambert.
In a letter to the principal, the former prefects said they were ‘sincerely sorry’.
‘We are prepared to do what it takes to rectify this situation,’ it read.
Dr Lambert said the students involved in the rampage would be disciplined, and formal end-of-year events had been cancelled.
He also said some students will not be able to sit their HSC exams at the school.
Dr Lambert said the school had been in touch with police and security guards would be monitoring the entrances to the senior school.
The principal sent a letter to parents on Monday night saying the incident was ‘very serious’.
The day-long muck-up celebration was reportedly cut short when police responded to reports of glass bottles being hurled at students in lower grades, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The students’ behaviour, which included the overturning of a grandstand, has been called it ‘anarchy’ by nearby residents.
It is believed a golf cart was hijacked and eggs and watermelons were thrown at buildings before police confiscated alcohol and moved the crowd on.
Year 12 schoolboys ran riot through the grounds of The Scot’s College (pictured, stock image), an elite school in Bellevue Hill in Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs
Younger students locked themselves in classrooms and sought refuge in the staff-room, and a mother reported being abused by students outside the school, the publication reported.
‘I came outside and saw them throwing beer bottles in the street. When one started pissing on the garage I told them to leave and they said “f*** off”, then ran away,’ she said.
Other students reportedly stomped on cars parked in streets near the $34,900-per-year school, taking off tyres and sitting on roofs.
‘There was spray-painting everywhere and kids were running down the road screaming and swearing. It was disgusting,’ a local resident claimed.
Students also reportedly left a trail of destruction as they ran away down Carrington Street.
While police did not report making any arrests, students said as many as 50 participants had been suspended.
The day-long muck-up day celebration was cut short when police responded to reports of glass bottles being hurled at students in lower grades by forcing students to move on from the school (pictured, stock image)