For every student and faculty member here.

You know?

Khadim and Danielson look at each other. Then Khadim looks away.

KHADIM: Yeah.

Beat.

DANIELSON: You holding up okay?

KHADIM: Yeah.

DANIELSON: Good. I take it you’re aware of the recent string of vandalism that’s occurred at our school?

KHADIM: Huh?

DANIELSON: I mean, it’s hard not to know about it.

KHADIM: I mean, yeah, I know it.

DANIELSON: What’s all happened?

KHADIM: There was that graffiti.

DANIELSON: Yes. And then the toilet paper. And then the chickens.

KHADIM: And then the pool . . .

DANIELSON: Of course. The pool. The South Pool. Turned into jello.

KHADIM: Yeah.

DANIELSON: The pool o’ jello. I have to admit, that’s funny. I thought that was clever.

It cost taxpayer money to clean it, but: Clever.

KHADIM: Yeah.

DANIELSON: But they’ve gotten more serious since that. They’re getting worse. Windows broken. AV equipment stolen. So many fire alarms have been pulled that our fire alarm system has broken down. Right now? Our alarms don’t even work, and so we’re sort of in violation.

KHADIM: Shouldn’t school be cancelled?

DANIELSON: We thought we fixed it last week, but the things keep shorting on us.

KHADIM: Wow.

DANIELSON: Yeah. Wow. And now, topping it off, most recently, someone loosened the scaffolding in the lunchroom and our janitor, Mr. Kelly, fell from it. He broke his arm and he’s suing the school for negligence. The man is sixty-two years old.

(beat) These are no longer just playful little student pranks. These are serious. They are costing the school money and they are putting everyone at risk.

And quite frankly, we in the administration believe that all these incidents are the work of the same group of students. Or maybe just one student.

KHADIM: I didn’t have anything to do with any of that.

DANIELSON: No?

KHADIM: No. No way. Not me.

DANIELSON: Where did you go last Tuesday when you skipped class?

KHADIM: I went over to my friend’s house.

DANIELSON: Mike Dozier?

KHADIM: Yes.

DANIELSON: The Doze. You guys smoke the pot?

KHADIM: No. But we did smoke cigarettes.

DANIELSON: Why’d you cut out of school?

KHADIM: We just didn’t want to stay.

DANIELSON: Thing is, it wasn’t a fire drill that afternoon. It was a bomb threat.

KHADIM: I didn’t have anything to do with that. With any of them.

DANIELSON: That’s what you say. And I really want to believe you. But . . . you’re going to have to do a better job of convincing me.

KHADIM: I didn’t do anything! Dr. Danielson, I don’t know what else to tell you. Are you accusing me of doing the pranks?

DANIELSON: We’re just talking. You skipped class, you got detention, you’re serving it right now and we’re having a conversation. I’m not accusing you of anything . . . it’s just that you’re lying to me about everything. Why are you lying? Usually people who lie have something to hide.

KHADIM: I’m not lying about this.