Report Lists Vandalism In Schools

Thefts and vandalism have cost the Ann Arbor public schools more than $4, ■ OOü m the past four months. Ana that figure could increase if statistics for all 32 schools in the Ann Arbor district were available. The partial figures come from a report prepared recently for school administrators and members of the Board of Educatión. Only 10 schools are represented I in the report. There are no incidents noted from Huron High School and two are ineluded from Pioneer High School. The official compiling the report notes that it is possible schools not represented on the list are not reporting incidents as they occur. The report was requested by School Board members and was prepared by an I administrative aide. It is expected the I report will become a regular part of inI formation given to the board from school I principáis. Future lists are to include all I schools in the system, it was learned. The report covers September through ■ December and includes six elementary I schools, four junior high schools and the Itwo reports from Pioneer High School. The list gives no indication that stuI deDts in the various schools were responI sible for the thefts and vandalism and I pólice say a majority of school larcenies I occur at night after the buildings are I clo?ed for the day. The list shows a total of $4,305 in I property stolen or damaged in the 10 I schools. Burns Park Elementary School at I U1Í Wells St. leads the list with six inci[dent reports while Mack Elementary I School at 920 Miller Ave. listed one inciI dent. Meadowview School at 4377 Textile I Rd., Pittsfield Township, and Slauson Jumor High School, 1019 W. Washington St., each had five reports. Allen Elementary School, 2560 Towner Blvd. had four. Scarlett Junior Hugh School, 3300 Lorraine St., and Thurston Elementary I School, 2300 Prairie Ave. had three rèports as did Angelí Elementary School, 1608 S. University Ave. Tappan Junior High School and Forsythe Junior High School both had one complaint apiece. In addition to the theft reports, the study also includes accounts of fights between students which occurred in the schools and two assaults on female teachers. In the latter incident the sythe teacher was attempting to prevent a boy from striking another youth. The assailant first struck the teacher in the shoulder and then hit her in the temple with Ms fist. The teacher experienced a severé headache later and went to a doctor for treatment, the report shows. In another assault, a Forsythe teacher was hit in the face and twice in the head by a student when she attempted to prevent the boy from overturning a waste basket. Tape recorders and camera equipment were "hot" items on the list of property stolen from local schools, according to the report. On Nov. 11 four tape recorders and a movie projector were taken from the Burns Park School and three weeks later four more recorders were stolen from the school. Microphones and an amplifier were stolen from Scarlett Junior High School last summer and public address system equipment valued at $150 was taken from Angelí School in November. I At Allen School thieves made off with J all but one of eight tape recorders v I signed to the school and also stole a I phonograph and a camera. The Meadowview School had a tape I recorder stolen in September, and in I tober a record player, silverware and a clock were taken. In November, two record players and a sound speaker for a projector were stolen from the same school. Two tape players worth $50 each were stolen from the Thurston School last I tober and several tools were taken in I November. Stamps worth $15, a lamp, a I small amount of cash and a radio were I taken in September from Slauson Junior I High School and in the same month prowlers fled with & camera and a radio after apparently being frightened off while ' attempting to take a record player and an amplifier. Vandalism reports included the ing of 31 windows at Tappan Junior High School and a number of windows smashed and a fire set at Burns Park I School. Last spring Ann Arbor Fire ment officials said there were a number of fires set in restrooms at various schools in the city, not all them reported to their department. In addition, toilets and sinks were smashed in rest rooms at both Huron and Pioneer High Schools and vending machines pried open and looted.