A BIG EXPENSIVE MESS FOR ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL TO CLEANUP BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS THIS MONTH. VANDALS HIT FIVE SCHOOLS LAST WEEKEND, RACKING UP 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AT CIBOLA HIGH SCHOOL ALONE. PAINT AND MOTOR OIL WAS SPLATTERED OVER WALLS AND FLOORS, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE SET OFF, AND 10 COMPUTERS WERE DESTROYED.
OTHER SCHOOLS HIT WERE MANZANO AND ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOLS … AND APACHE AND HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. TWO TEENS WERE ARRESTED.
MOST ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGIN CLASSES ON AUGUST 13TH.
JOHN MILLER WITH APS SAYS PRIOR TO THE FIVE VANDALISM CASES RECENTLY, THIS SUMMER AND THE SUMMER OF 2012 HAVE BEEN PRETTY QUIET AS FAR AS VANDALS ARE CONCERNED.