PHILADELPHIA -- Some kids get snow days. But students at one Philadelphia school got a chicken day Monday.
When workers arrived to open Northeast High School, they found 50 chickens running loose in the halls. District officials said the birds were apparently brought into the building sometime over the weekend and left a big mess behind.
The floors were covered with droppings and chicken feed. Most of the school's 3,600 students were sent home for the day because the school required extensive cleanup, a school official said.
Officials said there has to be an upset poultry farmer somewhere who wants his chickens back. For now, the birds are at the district's agricultural school. And school officials' feathers are more than a little ruffled.
They warn the person who committed the prank will face a fine that won't be chicken scratch.
When workers arrived to open Northeast High School, they found 50 chickens running loose in the halls. District officials said the birds were apparently brought into the building sometime over the weekend and left a big mess behind.
The floors were covered with droppings and chicken feed. Most of the school's 3,600 students were sent home for the day because the school required extensive cleanup, a school official said.
Officials said there has to be an upset poultry farmer somewhere who wants his chickens back. For now, the birds are at the district's agricultural school. And school officials' feathers are more than a little ruffled.
They warn the person who committed the prank will face a fine that won't be chicken scratch.
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