Wow…I’m amazed this one flew under the radar.  From the Superintendent’s overview for next week’s school board meeting…

Unfortunately, three of our buildings were broken into last week (Clairemont, Westchester and DHS). Windows were broken out in Westchester. Maintenance worked to close up and fix the damage and now we set about the business of determining what was taken. It is very sad to know that schools are not safe or off limits for criminals.

I’ve already followed up with CSD.  We’ll see what else can be learned.

UPDATE: More details from Associate Superintendent Thomas Van Soelen…

At the time of the board meeting, we believed that three facilities had been affected. We were notified by the Decatur Police that two schools were broken into right before the opening of school. The high school had two break-ins, with the second resulting in a loss of equipment in our video production classroom. DHS will soon have a state of the art security system with many cameras at various locations. In the future, it should be more difficult for thieves and others to damage the school property without being identified.

Westchester, the central office site, was also affected: glass being smashed at the rear entrance. This appears to have been a malicious act as nothing was taken from this site.

We have alarm systems but ask the neighbors to please keep a watch on the school property.