“You don’t run this school, the adults do,” said Mrs. Crisler, assistant principal, over the intercom on Thursday afternoon just as school was letting out.

This remark came because of the implemented tardy sweeps and the subsequent student protests outside the main office between D lunch and fourth block. The social networks burned with angry posts and students rushed to their last class of the day hoping not to be caught by administrators who were dishing out Saturday school write-ups.

Friday brought more chaos. Two food fights and two pulled fire alarms.

The adults looked upon the behavior displayed by the students as unacceptable and Campbell High School, as a whole, has become stricter.  

Students of Campbell High School released their anger in many ways. Some students ran to popular social networks and turned to broadcasting their problems online.

"Ms. Magee still has a middle school mentality" read a lot of Twitter tweets and Facebook statuses.

Some students even went further, "Who wants to help me key Ms. Magee's car?" and "Neither Teachers nor Ms. Magee can handle this school." Veiled and obvious intimidations to disrupt the school day and the school’s policies were evident and public.

Although many students felt a little better with the release of charged emotion on social networks, Campbell High School administrators and teachers were able to access many accounts. Students did not have their privacy controls set so their tweets and posts could be viewed by all. Those whose tweets were viewed as threats or disruptive were held accountable for their actions and were suspended.

Obviously, causing mayhem has only added problems with our school being represented negatively on news channels like CBS Atlanta that give Campbell High School a bad name. Print and online media outlets Smyrna Patch and the Marietta Daily Journal also reported on the chaos at Campbell.

What would have been a better way to address any problems or situations students had with the tardy policy?

Many rumors and facts intertwined into each other that made it difficult to separate the factual evidence from the fantasy scenarios that were being spread around the campus and social networks. Much unsubstantiated information was posted or forwarded on social networks like Twitter including that four kids had been in a shooting and three died; Ms. Magee had been hit by a book; there had been bomb threats; students had brought fireworks; students would be bringing bleach balloons and that there had been a full on riot. This was all rumored and not based on truth.

The facts are that there were two food fights in B and D lunch. Two fire alarms were pulled during fourth block which led to a 10 minute early dismissal since the entire student body was already outside. Fire trucks did appear at the school. Students were held responsible for their actions and some of the events, like the food fights were already on network sites like YouTube within minutes. Campbell High School was trending on Twitter for a short time due to frequent posts and pictures. Even teachers received text messages about safety issues on campus.

Students were very upset with the events that were going on at Campbell High School last week along with the administrators and teachers.

Now there are multiple police officers on campus and administrators are watching students carefully and “twatching” their posts on Twitter. A letter was distributed earlier this week and posted online explaining to parents all of the problems and situations that have occurred at Campbell from an administrative standpoint. Ms. Magee sent her apologies reinforcing for the Campbell community the rules and guidelines that the students have to follow. Robocalls were sent home reviewing school rules and newly implemented policies.