Grafitti Update

Grafitti Update:

It appears as if Veneta Elementary School was one of several locations in our community that were tagged over the weekend. The other locations included a local church, Territorial Park, and the city pool. The fact that other locations were hit would seem to indicate that whoever did this was out to cause mischief and not targeting Veneta Elementary School.

However, we have taken several steps to increase student safety. We have asked the Sherrif’s Department to be a more visible presence at the school including increased patrols of our area throughout the school day. We will also increase the number of staff present during arrival and dismissal times. Finally, we are making periodic security checks of the exterior and the interior throughout the day.

Our normal practice is to keep our exterior doors locked with the exception of the main entrance. However now that we have our new entrance, the second set of interior doors are also kept locked during the school day. This means that anyone coming into the building has to come through the office.

The bulk of the graffiti itself was removed within an hour of it being discovered, except for the few locations where it needed to be painted over.   A huge thank you to Greg Baker and Mike Guill who took on the task of removing the graffiti in the 90 degree plus weather Sunday.