Principal says it's vandalism

No one has come forward to claim responsibility for flooding administrative offices at Gunn High School April 29, and police have no suspects. Principal Noreen Likins said last Friday that she does not yet have a full idea of the extent of the damage.

Palo Alto police have suggested that the vandalism is a replay of a famous Gunn prank in which students flooded a lunch area called the Bat Cave a few years ago. As far as Likins is concerned, the only similarity to the student prank and the recent incident is location.

“When students flooded the Bat Cave years ago, they simply covered the drain and the area flooded. It was quick and easy. They didn’t break anything,” Likins said.

In the recent vandalism, she added, “spigots were shattered from the wall - they broke the wood around them. That’s why I say this wasn’t a prank.”