For this week’s Laura Lee and Cutter Weenie of the Week, it seems as though the whole of Oconto Falls would like us to name the high school principal Steven Linssen and their liaison officer as this week’s Weenie of the Week. The reason is this. Last week at the school’s homecoming game a few kids in full banana costumes ran onto the field holding signs with some school pride sayings like “let’s go panthers.” Seems like a harmless high school prank for homecoming. Just some kids having some fun in banana costumes of all things. But to be fair, running onto the field during an active game is against the rules, or at least we assume they are. We received messages from Danielle who sent us video of the incident and said “Oconto Falls better be your weenie of the week” and then Scott who said, “this would be an exceptional weenie of the week.” Even after these messages and getting tagged in a couple of social media posts, we weren’t sure about naming the principal of a high school weenie, it can’t be an easy job and we’ve already pissed off one north east Wisconsin town this month,
…yeah and we’re only 2 Fridays into the month
Well, I guess this is what we do now. This morning we received another piece of information about what had happened. The students were removed from the homecoming dance by police, then they were suspended for 3 days. Now everyone agrees there could have been a punishment, but this seemed to take it a little far, a little extreme for some kids pulling a harmless prank that showed school pride on homecoming. The whole thing is giving “political style distractions” Oh in case you didn’t know a former teacher is in prison and another is facing 11 felony charges in an ongoing lawsuit that spans 35 years of alleged predatory behavior by Oconto Falls School system staff members, but that’s none of our business.
So for 4 kids just wearing banana costumes and cheering for their school, the principal sure did bring down the * puts on sunglasses * whole bunch.
So for a school spirit stunt, the admin seems to have peeled away every layer of fun…
So for next time making sure the principal has a sense of humor before pulling a homecoming prank or it could become a … slippery situation. Sorry, I know that’s…. low hanging fruit.
We are proud…i guess… to name Slimy Steve Linssen the what seems to be soon to be ousted Oconto Falls High School Principal as this week’s Laura Lee and Cutter Weenie of the week
