William S. Reyes Elementary School principal Alfred B. Ada is asking the local community for help in solving the burglary incident that occurred at the school last weekend.<\/p>\n
The Chalan Kanoa elementary school reportedly lost four desktop computers and one DVD player during the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleading to the public to please inform us if they know of the whereabouts of those computers,\u201d Ada said.<\/p>\n
He said the lost equipment belong to the students of WSR and were provided for their technology education.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo take them [computers] away from [the students] is not only a crime but a selfish act of greed,\u201d he said, adding that the school has been working very hard to provide computer access to the schoolchildren and prepare them for the digital age.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe worked very hard to procure and purchase these computers. It is a shame that we open our campuses to our community and get these encounters in return,\u201d Ada said.<\/p>\n
Ada said five classrooms were burglarized over the weekend. He said the backdoor of the Special Education room was forced open and perpetrators stole three desktop computers.<\/p>\n
He said the computers are of the Element brand, in black casings, with blue connection lines.<\/p>\n
Police reports said the incident was reported to the Department of Public Safety early Monday morning. Ada told the police that Sunday, around 12:30pm, school staff discovered that Rooms I-7 and I-1 were broken into. He said the front window was smashed but nothing was taken from both rooms.<\/p>\n
Ada said the burglary in the three other rooms was discovered Monday morning. One teacher found that Room C-2 and Room B-4 were unlocked and that two desktop computers from each room were missing. He said Room C-4 was forced open, and that one DVD player was missing.<\/p>\n
The principal said the teachers assured the school administration that the doors were locked Friday before they left for the weekend. The DPS is still investigating the case.<\/p>\n
Ada said those with information about the weekend burglary at the school may contact the WSR office at 664-3971, 664-3972 and 664-3976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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