With the Lexington High School building project officially underway, students and teachers have been buzzing with excitement about the prospect of a shiny new campus.
However, the plans have failed to address the concerns of a critical population within the community—one that has recently begun staging rather squeaky protests.
“We’ve been loyal residents here ever since 1953, and we’re not leaving now!” Stuart Little, the LHS Mice Union representative, declared while standing atop a cafeteria napkin dispenser.
For the past few days, the protests of the Mice Union have generated substantial discussion about the ethics of the new school building project.
“You are uprooting a whole community. If the townsfolk demolish the current school building, we mice folk will have nowhere to live,” Little said. “Do you know how hard it is to find affordable housing with this many siblings, in this economy?”
Standing just behind him was a particularly small protester lifting a sign that simply read, “This feels personal.” When asked to elaborate, the mouse offered no explanation, but its silence was described as “pointed.”
Suspecting that it had something to do with the protests, students began reporting unusual activities during school hours.
“I always bring snacks for the Student School Building Committee and leave them on the table. Yesterday, I turned around for literally four seconds to fix the projector, and all of the snacks were gone,” Babda Bilder, leader of the Student School Building Committee, said. “I found a note beside it.”
The Musket was able to obtain a copy of the note, which read: “We have your Cheez-its. See you at the negotiations table.”
Similar instances of missing snacks were reported to the school administration, often accompanied by tiny picket signs reading, “No Demolition without Representation.”
“Please do not worry. We are currently preparing to enter negotiations with the Mice Union to reach some sort of compromise,”Geronimono Stilleto, principal of LHS, said over the loudspeaker in response to the growing hysteria among students.
Many unsuccessful attempts at an agreement were made, with multiple of the school’s hired animal whisperers running out screaming after spending only five minutes in the room with the rats.
“They were so crazy! Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room, a rubber room, a rubber room with mice, and mice make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once…” Dr. Mickey Mouserson, an animal communication expert, squeaked after running out of a meeting with the mice.
In the end, Principal Stiletto and the rest of the building committee decided to leave the current LHS building un-demolished so that the mice community could continue living in it.
“We’re very pleased that things have worked out this way. However, we will miss the students and hope they will continue throwing their uneaten rice bowls away in the old school. The compost bins are our greatest treasures,” Little said.
