As the school year comes to a close, the seniors at William Kelley High School decided it was time for the annual senior prank before bidding adieu to high school. They decided to park all over the WKS parking lot, crisscrossing paved lines and even on the sidewalk and grass, instead of in their designated senior parking spaces, on the morning of Wednesday, May 24. Police Officer Sean Bergman explained what happened next.
“I noticed on my morning patrol around the high school that the seniors were parked oddly and taking up more space than needed,” Officer Bergman said. He asked Principal Joe Nicklay if the parking job was their senior prank, and Nicklay answered in the affirmative. Bergman then stopped by J&H Auto Repair and Towing and told the tow truck driver about the prank.
“We both thought it would be a good idea to have some fun with them and make it look like we were going to tow their vehicles for being parked ‘illegally’,” Officer Bergman continued. Principal Nicklay gave the go-ahead, and Bergman called the parents of one of the seniors, who then gave him permission to hook up that student’s vehicle to the tow truck.
Around 10:00 a.m., the school made an announcement over the P.A. system saying that all seniors needed to move their vehicles or they would be towed. The seniors came running from the school in a panic, and Officer Bergman called them over to meet with him and the tow truck driver before they could get to their vehicles, saying he was going to explain what would happen as a result of their parking prank.
Once the seniors gathered around Officer Bergman and the tow truck driver, he told them the joke was on them and sent them back to class. He recalls that everyone had a good laugh after finding out they weren’t actually being towed.
Congratulations to William Kelley senior class of 2023, and thank you to the Silver Bay Police Department and J&H Auto and Towing for making their prank even more memorable.
