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I age THE HERALD October Vandals cause 600 million damage By JULIAN REED la lion Burlington Based on a survey of school systems enrolling about hair the public elementary and secondary students in the ted States vandalism in schools cost about MOO million a year more than was spent on textbooks in 1972 and to hire about tonal teachers In addition to vandalism students arc vent heir frustrations in more bizarre ways Every year there are some serious physical assaults on teachers and hundreds of Ihousands or assaults on students an incre ase of per cent in the period from 1970 to 1974 Sex offences were up per cent ted crimes per cent and robbery per cent Hopefully the is not as serious in his country Nevertheless there Is con cause for concern for Is increasing and rapidly One of the most common of criminal activities van has occurred in every age yet little is known about who does it why il happens and more important how to stop it In Metropolitan Toronto in the first six months of this year one third of one bor budget to maintain bus shelters was used to pay for damage caused by vandalism per cent of another roadsideplanted trees are broken or stripped each Portable classrooms are Tire hydrants turned on bicycle tires or chains thrown a hydro transformer stations and countless win arc broken in schools or municipal buildings In Metro- Toronto wilful dam age to municipal property which must be repaired or rt placed by school boards and municipal councils every thing from picnic tables to parking meters costs more than million a Sault Mane has a 33 member force invest igatc he problem of vandal ism to educational ments reports that replace ment and repair costs the separate school board about a out of a million plant services for its elementary schools In one three month period Ml acts of mindless ion more than damage in Township I in maintain only the tip of the iceberg much is never reported Also less than 10 per cent of those responsible will ever be arrested One recent weekend spree by vindals in Samia cost an estimated damage In schools the usual point of attack is windows for exam pit at high school in South Western Ontario nearly W in glass was destroyed in the spring of this year The Windsor public school system puts a price of about on windows For 1975 a lota of was spent by both city school boards to repair vandalism much of this a result of deliberately set fires There is a line which sharply divides childish pranks and criminal vandalism it is a line not always visible to many people who get their kicks from destroying property who find amusement in school public buildings or push inn over headstones Following a particularly outbreak of vandalism in his Hamilton West Hiding Lib eral Leader Stuart Smith that criminals should be forced to compensate their victims He asked the General what the met had to implement law reform commission pro posals on restitution for In Hamilton the Deputy Pol ice Chief has urged people to be prepared to 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