The Anchorage School District While Embley estimates says it has placed five West physical damages totaled only High School students on a few hundred dollars, a lot emergency suspensions and of effort was expended in recommended them for resolving the incident. expulsion after they “It doesn’t appear their allegedly entered classrooms, intent was to cause then knocked over furniture significant damage but they and discharged a fire did cause a significant extinguisher early Thursday disruption,” said Gardner morning. Cobb, ASD director of According to ASD spokesperson Security and Emergency Heidi Embley, the four 11th Preparedness. “There was some graders and one 10th grader vandalism and many hours of climbed onto West High’s roof staff time were consumed by and entered the building cleaning the mess and through a window. In addition tracking down the suspects.” to discharging the ASD Superintendent Carol extinguisher, the students Comeau condemned the overturned various desks and vandalism, which has been a a cabinet, threw papers continuing problem for the across classrooms and entered district during both the the building’s underground school year and the summer tunnels. months. Students were upset about the “They may have thought it was vandalism, and helped West a harmless prank but it High’s two school resource caused quite a mess at the officers from the Anchorage school,” Comeau said. Police Department in their “Vandalism in any form is not investigation of the case. tolerated in our schools. I ”Having the students and applaud the students and staff coming together so staff who stepped forward to quickly to solve this share information about this situation is an outstanding case and appreciate the work example how students and of the school’s SROs who were staff at West High School crucial to the solving of the will not tolerate any crime.” disrespect to our school,” APD spokesperson Anita Shell said West High Principal Rick says all five students have Stone. “Students and staff been charged with second- have a high level of respect degree burglary, with one for this school and the student receiving an outstanding education that additional trespassing charge happens every day at West. due to already being under These types of situations are suspension at the time. rare.”
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