We are glad to see the number of cases of school vandalism declining, but the problem still costs the school district too much time and money.
In 2012, incidents of school vandalism cost the school district more than $28,000.
While it is a small fraction of the total school board budget, it still represents funding which could be used in the classrooms and for programs which would benefit the students.
Instead, the money had to go to cleaning up the damages resulting from some thoughtless actions.