What passes

for good clean fun for local high school students has forced extra cleanup

work on city employees at the Kedron boat docks off Peachtree Parkway

and the Meade girls softball parking lot in the past week.

On both occasions,

hundreds of youths were involved in an "unsupervised frenzy,"

leaving behind empty shaving cream cans, bottles, boxes, discarded signs

and other debris, according to city officials.

Police responded

to the incident at the Meade complex and disbursed the youths. Additionally,

police have responded to numerous complaints of vandalism such as eggs

thrown at homes and vehicles that have been "Saran-Wrapped."

City officials

say they are worried these incidents could lead to serious violations;

parents are being asked to speak to their children and remind them of

the consequences of their actions.

The incidents

could be tied in to the winding down of the school year, city officials

have said. Police and other city officials will be watching the situation

closely in the weeks to come, according to an official statement released

At the Kedron

boat docks, much of the debris had extended into the water, continuing

up Interlochen Drive and beyond the nearby neighborhood, officials said.

The debris

left bordered on vandalism and cost thousands of dollars in staff and

equipment time to clean up the mess, officials said. In addition, time

spent to clean up the messes took crews away from other duties around

the city.

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