Wednesday, February 25, 2009

High school comes under attack -- By Roger Knox

RCMP are investigating a disturbing case of vandalism at a local high school.

Police responded to a complaint of two individuals wearing dark hoodies banging on windows at Kalamalka Secondary School in Coldstream at 2 a.m. Saturday.

When they arrived, the culprits were gone, but left behind were 15 broken windows and outside walls spray painted with explicit messages directed towards the school’s female vice-principal.

“It’s disturbing and disappointing,” said Bob Peacock, Vernon School District superintendent.

“It’s disturbing that there is somebody out there who would actually go to that extent to make a point.

“It’s disappointing in that I’m sure we have students who know exactly who was involved with it, but nobody’s stepping forward to have that conversation with anybody in regards to the incident.”

Vernon RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk estimated the damage at around $25,000, and says police have no clues or leads to the identity of the vandals.

“We have no idea who did this,” said Molendyk.

“We don’t know if it was Kal students. We don’t know if it’s students from another school. We don’t know if it’s someone making it look like a Kal student. It’s hard to say at this point.”

Anybody with any information on the incident at the McClounie Road school, or knows the identities of the culprits, is asked to call the RCMP at 250-545-7171, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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