. >> reporter: so she decided to contact the principal thomas anderson. she proposed the students pick up trash for service hours. the principal never called back she said. so this march she took a bag of trash and dumped it into the high school's lobby. and when she didn't get the principal's attention she did it again. >> i gave the principal a note saying this mess is brought to you by patty cook because i'm tired of picking up the trash on the hill. >> reporter: but she said the principal wanted her out of the school. she was charged with trespassing and littering. >> they said i threw garbage. i said i redistributed lit,. >> reporter: she went to the mediation but couldn't make the court date. when she skipped out on court she got an arrest warrant. >> i was told to turn myself. >> reporter: cook is still banking on getting superintendent -- students to pick up the trash. peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> principal thomas anderson declined to comment on camera. cook still has to perform service hours at the high school as part of her mediation a