At 8:20 this morning, there weren’t just students walking through the hallways. As one of their senior year pranks, approximately 20 seniors brought their dogs to school June 2.

Students entered the school from the district doors and paraded their pooches through the foyer and the C1 hallway. After that they exited the building and congregated in the practice field.

Senior Gabe Pimsler said he and his poodle, Manny, enjoyed the prank and believed it was a fitting way to end senior year.

“I love dogs a lot and they are my favorite animal so I figured it would be a great way to display my beautiful dog and interact with a bunch of other dogs,” Pimsler said. “It’s a good way to cap off my senior year. It’s a good senior prank, I think it’s pretty harmless. I know there are some people with allergies but Manny is hypoallergenic and most of the dogs are pretty well behaved anyway.”

According to principal Scott Meyers, allergies are just one reason why it’s against protocol to bring dogs into the school.

“I know there are some health code concerns, for example dog dander or fur being in food would be a real problem in the cafeteria,” Meyers said. “The sensitivity to all of our students is another concern. Some people may not be comfortable around dogs.”

Meyers said any dog that is in the school has to be registered as a service dog either through the district office or through the building principal.

“The rules fall into the same classification as most stores,” he said. “Those are the guidelines we have to follow.”

Junior Genevieve Bone said she agrees the seniors could have been more sensitive when it came to bringing dogs into a shared space.

“They should have taken into account the people who are allergic to dogs or can’t touch them,” Bone said.

Although Senior Abdi Mohamud did not bring his dog into school, he said he agrees that the prank could have been better planned.

“It was a funny prank, but poorly planned,” he said. “They should have had more people rush through different exits with their dogs.”

All in all, senior Tati Yepes said she thought the prank was a good way to wrap up senior year. She brought her two dogs, Lana (a toy phantom poodle) and Lia (a boston terrier).

“I love my dogs and I thought it would be really fun,” she said. “When I told my dogs they got very excited.”

In terms of the disruption caused by the prank, Yepes said she believed the prank was better organized and carried out compared to past pranks.

“I wish more people would have participated because it was a good senior prank,” she said. “It was less disruptive to classes and didn’t create a bunch of work for janitors.”

Pimsler said he also agreed that it was a successful senior prank, for him and especially Manny.

“He [Manny] enjoyed it, he doesn’t get to interact with other dogs much and to be off a leash is pretty cool for him too.”