Posted on 01/22/2018 10:31:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
Rio Rancho Public Schools will have to make $44,000 in repairs after copper was stripped from at least 15 portable buildings. Electrical equipment, raceways and feeders were targeted.
District spokesperson Beth Pendergrass said eight portable buildings at Earnest Stapleton Elementary School were hit on January 12. The students who had classes in the affected portables had to be relocated. Some classes even had to double up for a day until the maintenance staff could make repairs in order to restore the power.
"Removing kids from the learning situation, having them go somewhere else," Pendergrass said. "The lucky thing is that students are pretty resilient."
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This has happened before. Pendergrass said someone stole copper from six other portable buildings at Vista Grande Elementary School over Thanksgiving break. Someone hit the school again on Jan. 16.
In all, the thefts have cost the district at least $44,000 in repairs.
"Then the work that has to be done to repair it and the costs associated with that," Pendergrass said. "That's money that can go to other projects that can really impact the learning for students."
Cameras - all for wont of cameras- on other hand thief may steal the cameras also
very funny
I wonder if anyone will be trying to sell some copper, at a cheap price?
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/01/22/pe-teacher-strips-naked/#comment-881507
Public Schools are having problems. We are all paying for them with our taxes. Sad for all the kids!
after the first theft - prudent to put some type of security in place -
Watch the recyclers
Always the taxpayers eating the cost of these nut jobs- feel for the kids also
Back in ye olde days of “running cable” the “five-finger discount” red/black was called “rabbit” - as in gone like a bunny. [Ye olde day - pure cooper.]
That’s nice work in that panel. Very clean and organized.
Why work so hard at night, and why not get a real job?
thief may steal the cameras also...
All they need is an unarmed guard with a bag of cash.
The guard would hand out cash to would be thieves.
Crime goes down, insurance cost down and school is open.
Everybody happy!
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