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Original Post Date: 2008-04-18 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Vandals wreaked havoc at Western Cape schools during the three-week holiday causing extensive damage.
By late Monday afternoon, 13 principals had reported vandalism and theft at their schools.
But education officials fear the list will grow as more reports from district offices throughout the province were expected later on Tuesday.
School holidays have become notorious for vandalism, with 70 instances reported during the previous break.
| ‘The teachers are extremely disappointed’ |
On Monday, despondent staff at the 13 schools said they were fed up with thieves and vandals and urged the department to deploy security at all schools during holiday periods.
Principal at Hillwood Primary in Lavender Hill, Sandy Daniels, said six classrooms had been vandalised and electric wires had been stolen. This was the second time this year the school’s wires had been stolen.
“We just had all the classrooms rewired. It cost R200 000. We are now back to square one,” she said
Daniels said writing books and pupils’ files had been stolen.
“The teachers are extremely disappointed. You come to school with your mind set on work, but spend most of the day cleaning classrooms,” she said.
| ‘They stole everything, from pots to cutlery’ |
“One teacher complained about thieves who had urinated in her class,” said Daniels.
At Firgrove Primary, thieves got away with two computers, used for administration.
Principal Vernon Hendricks said: “We are now totally cut off from the Western Cape Education Department. We can’t access any documents. This is a big problem.”
At Hermeslaan Primary in Atlantis, the 453 pupils missed out on a cooked meal, after all the school’s feeding scheme equipment had been stolen.
Principal Evan Marthinus said: “They stole everything, from pots to cutlery.”
He said for many pupils, the cooked meal at school was their only meal for the day.
At Cascade Primary in Mitchells Plain, which was vandalised 36 time in 2007, thieves struck again.
Principal Grantley Rhode said not even security measures could deter thieves, who removed security gates to gain entry to classrooms.
A despondent Rhode said: “There is always a way to get in if they want to get in.”
At Kalksteenfontein Primary in Bonteheuwel, CCTV cameras and the intercom were damaged and wires had been ripped out.
Principal Jeffrey Arendse said damages amounted to R20 000.
Gert Witbooi, spokesperson for Education MEC Cameron Dugmore, said the department would take a “hard look” at the situation. “Every year we spend thousands of rands on repairs and damages,” he said.
December school holiday damages cost the department well over R600 000 to repair.