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Toilet paper removed from boys' high school bathroom

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    Pennsylvania principal takes 'drastic' measure to curb vandalism

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This is what's causing big controversy yet -- -- area high school.

A roll of toilet paper use for cleaning up a mess is actually the cause of quite a mess.

I think it's as far as you could possibly take it as far as with the paper about.

It doesn't make much sense and.

-- yet seen is a freshman at the school where administrators removed toilet paper from one of three boys bathrooms.

They're doing it because.

Damage was on with Tokai region -- -- Administrators say not only were kids shopping rolls of toilet paper and -- -- it they were streaming it all over the floor even urinating on the floor.

So the principal temporarily close that one bathroom.

And now boys have to sign out -- roll of toilet paper at the front office if they want to use that bathroom in Barre Singh says Matthew everybody else trauma.

Matthew's mom went to a school board meeting recently appalled by the procedure the principal put in place.

Are you kidding you that's that's crazy why don't they just hold parents responsible for the children that you know did that.

Vandalism but the principal tells fox 29 this has been an ongoing problem at the school often on for two years.

He says he's tried talking to the student body many times but the vandals continued using a less than a dollar price item.

To cost the school thousands of dollars they're intelligent people they think -- -- a better solution.

I talked to school principal Thomas Smith on the phone and he admits this was a drastic step but he says he made the decision after five failed warnings to the student body about the problem.

And the bathrooms still -- 2000 dollars in damage.

In my nice -- shot -- Wilson fox 29 news.

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