Vandals ‘rob’ Grammar School pupils of £2,800
Wednesday 18th November 2009, 2:29PM GMT.
Grammar School head teacher Jeff Smith outside the glasshouse closed off after a weekend attack in which vandals did £2,800-worth of damage. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0873621)
VANDALS have caused almost £3,000-worth of damage at the Grammar School.
They smashed panes in the doors to get into a greenhouse – used by the science department and a gardening club – between 5 and 9.30pm on Saturday.
The electrical control box inside the greenhouse was battered and other panes of glass were also broken.
Plants had been thrown around and empty beer bottles were found lying around the area and in the ornamental pond.
Grammar School head teacher Jeff Smith said the damage was devastating.
‘This is the first time that we have had vandalism at this level,’ he said.
‘Even the deputy heads, who have been here for quite some time, have never seen anything this bad.
‘It is hardened glass, so they must have hit it very hard to get through. It’s just mindless damage.’
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I’m interested to know why this isn’t covered by insurance?
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Who says its not covered? What do you know that we don’t Dean?
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damm them, now the skateboarders who use the grammar school, because they dont have a skatepark!, and never do any damage and always try to clear up after themselves will get blamed and then banned!
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I also would like to know why it isn’t covered by insurance, because the States would pay the excess, and it would not be taken out of the school fund.
Jeff also seems to think it’s those that go to that school, I’d love to know why he thinks this.
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It said in the article that the school would be paying for it, this was only printed in the paper so I guess my comment was unclear. That’s where the ‘rob’ in the headline comes from.
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i suppose these vandals will escape any form of punishment if caught……poor little misunderstood mites…..
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