McKinley boosts playground security system

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January 20, 2017 - 12:00 AM

After a recent spate of vandalism at McKinley Elementary School, the district has installed multiple high-tech security cameras at strategic points around the kindergarten campus.

On the first day of Thanksgiving break, McKinley principal Angie Linn received a call from the school’s custodian. One of the outdoor tables — a circular mesh-metal picnic table — had been overturned and its steel frame permanently fractured.

“That was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said Linn. “We just got those tables; they were brand new in August, and $900 apiece. Since we got them, the teachers had been taking the kids to do lessons outside. And the kids will sit out there over recess sometimes. Or they’ll have their snack outside on those tables. So it was a treat for us to have them.”

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