Posted on 05/29/2019 4:49:20 PM PDT by Taxman
Vandals ravaged a Christian school in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. over the Memorial Day weekend, leaving behind more than $50,000 in damages.
All of the Showers of Blessings Christian Academy's 10 classrooms were damaged. The Sun Sentinel (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-christian-academy-vandals-20190528-ersh2k7v4vfbtdktbte6gowbii-story.html) reports all of the school's windows were shattered, graffiti was written on the walls, bookcases and desks were overturned, laptops and toilets were also broken. Every window in the school's bus was also smashed.
Classes were canceled on Tuesday, so teachers and staff could clean up the mess.
"We had to cancel because we had glass everywhere," Britnay Ewald, the school's director told the Sentinel. "None of the classrooms were ready for a learning environment or instruction."
Even the school cafeteria did not escape the vandals' attack. Food was thrown around the room and all of the milk in the refrigerator was poured out on the ground.
"We built this for our community, our kids, and just to see it destroyed this way is very heartbreaking," Ewald told Miami television station WSVN. "We're just trying our best now to cope to see where do we go from here." (https://wsvn.com/news/local/vandals-destroy-fort-lauderdale-christian-school-over-memorial-day-weekend/?fbclid=IwAR32LAwlN1wVUqo9j92yyDEhTxZzEgoOV4-Rn8qnPiZGRth_ogVc4PCO8BU)
The academy currently has 136 students enrolled from kindergarten through the 10th grade. Students attend the school for free as a neighborhood alternative offered by a local church.
Tyson L Brooks, worship leader and media director at Agape Worship Center (http://awcus.org/) says Showers of Blessings Christian Academy is a ministry of Agape Worship Center located in Fort Lauderdale.
"Through this tragedy, we know God has something on the other side of this test," Brooks said in a Facebook post. "Though our faith be tried we will remain faithful. SOBCA really does love these children OUR children and won't stop giving them the love they need."
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with the costs of rebuilding the school. (https://www.gofundme.com/pasadena-panthers-10u?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r&fbclid=IwAR3di6WtdRlc5vUhwcr9MrcSyfQP70A8FdrYudp7u0hrvXnfwONPWz3NOEc)
Could be Antifa.
Could be a lot of things. I’m betting students.
Yes, that could be true.
HST, who continuously sets the example for this kind of vandalism?
We’d best find out how to help Him deal with it!
I wonder if Clair Wolfe believes it is time to shoot the bastards yet?
I wonder if Clair Wolfe believes it is time to shoot the bastards yet?
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I believe she does...
Most do....
What is HST?
The WSVN link in post 11 has a surveillance camera video from across the parking lot showing the break-in and possibly one of the criminals (why mince words?) riding up on their bicycle. The accompanying text article says the vandals were probably young juveniles based on the small footprints left at the scene.
Interviews of the school staff show this is a black Christian school. Unfortunately, evidence seems to point to the criminals being black kids from the neighborhood. That has got to hurt. I hope no students from the school were involved.
Thank you for the clarification.
Where do kids get these terrible ideas?
When I was a kid, this sort of thing did not happen, at least where I grew up!
We respected other people’s property, and this kind of behavior would not have been tolerated.
Shorthand for “Having said that.”
Edging closer, aren’t we?
Okay. My answer is I don’t know.
**Showers of Blessings Christian Academy**
Where were the security officers at this school?
Stragne Name: Check
Go Fund Me: Check
Wait and see: Pending
Thank you.
Apparently there weren’t any on duty over the Memorial Day weekend.
It is a small Church sponsored Christian school - they probably don’t have on-site security.
The TV station video did show some cameras in the school that had been destroyed - perhaps some of the perps can be identified?
The “anti-fa” crowd! That’s who!
Rioters on college campi! That’s who!
Noxious, venomous LIEberals! That’s who!
Communists! That’s who!
Democrats! That’s who!
Moslems! That’s who!
And, there are others!
Mmmm. Okay. I’ll just be leaving now...
That's quite true. But what was absolutely needed here was a monitored alarm system, which would have summoned police to (a) minimize the damage and (b) catch the perpetrators. Its (presumed) absence is the truly shocking--but all too common--part of this sad story.
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