Marietta High School senior toilet paper prank rolls on into 2017

Cobb County is getting a reprieve from the heat, but no, it didn't snow on Marietta High School overnight.

The canopy of white you saw this morning — the start of classes in the city — was a continuation of the Marietta High School senior prank of covering the school in toilet paper.

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An administration change endangered the tradition a couple years ago, but it seems another administration change has the paper back.

Students are encouraged to have the mess cleaned up by noon.

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