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A "for sale by owner" sign posted outside of Skyline High School as seen Thursday afternoon from North Maple Road at the main driveway to the building.

(Amy Biolchini | The Ann Arbor News)

Got $7,540,765 and a sense of humor?

Ann Arbor's Skyline High School could be yours!

Or so reads the fake Craigslist advertisement seniors at the building posted late Wednesday night.

"Ever want to buy a high school? Now is your chance! You get the mental hospital design, mixed with the long white hallways and 2,500 staff and students. What a bargain!" reads the Craigslist ad.



A screen shot of the ad students posted on the Ann Arbor Craigslist late Wednesday night.

The seniors followed up their good-natured senior prank by posting two hand-painted “For sale by owner” signs outside of the building Thursday—including the phone number to Skyline’s main office.

The last day for seniors at Skyline is Friday, May 30. A week ago the seniors all lay down in the hallway at the same time and chanted “one-four.”

Wednesday students at Skyline let a load of bouncy balls loose down the stairway in the commons area.

The district follows its discipline code for dealing with pranks could be damaging in nature—but when it comes to harmless pranks, district spokeswoman Liz Margolis said disciplinary measures aren’t necessary.

“If someone has been harmed or someone is in danger or there’s destruction, then our rights and responsibilities come into play,” Margolis said.

Margolis said staff at the district’s high schools have been informing students of the consequences of pulling damaging pranks—which there have been no reports of this year.

“It’s made clear ahead of time throughout the spring what could potentially happen,” Margolis said.

Last week students Pioneer High School let two chickens loose in the hallway on the last day of school for seniors May 23, Margolis said. The chickens were quickly recovered.

Amy Biolchini is the K-12 education reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at amybiolchini@mlive.com, (734) 623-2552 or on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County K-12 education stories on MLive.com.