CLASS WARS; pounds 3.5M BILL TO CLEAN UP AFTER SCHOOL VANDALS.Byline: MARK HOWARTH A TIDAL wave tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. of vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and in schools is costing taxpayers a staggering pounds 10,000 A DAY, the Sunday Mail can reveal. It cost pounds 3.53million to pay the wages of more than 170 teachers. Education chiefs had to shell out for more than 13,000 acts of hooliganism last year, including smashed windows, ripped-up fences and even stolen CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television cameras. A detailed Sunday Mail investigation found more than pounds 52,000 was spent repairing the worst hit, Auchmuty High in Glenrothes, Fife, after 126 separate incidents. The school, whose former head David Wilson David Wilson may refer to:
Nick Seaton, of pressure group the Campaign for Real Education, said: "This just underlines the serious decline in discipline in schools in recent years. It's a major concern. "Parents and teachers must do more to ensure that children do behave properly both in and out of school. "If you fix discipline, you'll spend less time and money fixing the classrooms." Our probe is the first to properly count the cost of dealing with school vandalism. Glasgow City Council - the biggest education authority with more than 200 schools - spent more than pounds 624,000. Govan High and Cartvale Special had more than 200 broken panes of glass between them. Second hardest hit was Fife council, Scotland's second largest education authority. They spent money tackling a dirty protest in the girls' toilets at Duloch CommunitySchool in Dunfermline. In Leadhills Primary in Biggar, South Lanarkshire Biggar is a burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, around 30 miles from Edinburgh along the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and Peebles, and as such Biggar serves a wide rural area. , teachers had to pay a locksmith pounds 107 after pupils padlocked them out. Fishing out litter bins litter bin n (BRIT) → papelera litter bin litter n (Brit) → poubelle f litter bin litter (Brit) n from a canal in Ratho cost Edinburgh City Council pounds 120 while retrieving a sand bucket A reserved amount of memory that holds a single item or multiple items of data. Bucket is somewhat synonymous to "buffer," although buffers are usually memory locations for incoming data records, while buckets tend to be smaller holding areas for calculations. See hash table, buffer and variable. which had been "rolled down a hill" at Miller Academy Primary, in Thurso, Caithness, came in at pounds 85. Orkney reported that one of their 65 pupils had cut the strap on a teacher's rucksack. Labour's shadow schools minister Ken Macintosh said: "All parents will tell you that one of themostimportant priorities for their youngsters is that they learn in a safe and disciplined environment. "But these figures make it clear that is not happening in many schools." Fife Council education boss James McKinstry told how they work closely with police and have brought in security cameras and new fencing fencing, sport of dueling with foil, épée, and saber. Modern Fencing The weapons and rules of modern fencing evolved from combat weapons and their usage. to help combat vandalism. He added: "We have significantly reduced vandalism costs across our 186 facilities." reporters@sundaymail.co.uk |
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