OVERHEARD: Did Xavier students mass-report school pages over online classes?

The Student Council emphasized that interfering with official communication platforms was not the proper way to raise concerns.

What happens when students are told classes are suspended because of bad weather—only to learn late at night that they still have to report to class online?

At Xavier School San Juan, the answer apparently involved Instagram.

The funny chismis making the rounds goes like this: amid heavy rains, students initially celebrated after the school announced there would be no classes. But at around 10 p.m., another announcement reportedly arrived: online classes would still push through.

Cue the collective disappointment.

Then came the plot twist.

Upset students allegedly began mass-reporting the Instagram accounts of Xavier School and its Student Council. Soon enough, the accounts became inaccessible—turning what may have started as an online protest into a digital headache for the school.

The Xavier School San Juan Student Council has now issued an official statement confirming “recent attempts to compromise” both Instagram accounts.

“Such actions undermine efforts towards safe online spaces and disrupt effective communication with the entire school community,” the council said.

According to the statement, Xavier School’s Instagram account has since been restored, while the Student Council page remained inaccessible at the time of the announcement.

The council acknowledged the “frustration and disappointment” among members of the school community but stressed that interfering with official communication platforms was not the proper way to raise concerns.

“We stand with the fact that there are better ways to make one’s voice heard,” it said, urging students to “break barriers and build bonds through respectful dialogues, even in disagreement.”

Importantly, the Student Council did not identify who was behind the attempts, nor did its statement explicitly confirm that the Instagram trouble was retaliation for the online-class announcement.

Still, if the chismis is true, it may be one of the most Gen Z school protests imaginable:

Online classes were apparently non-negotiable.

The Instagram pages, however, were another story.

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