Perhaps I missed it but I do not recall seeing any police reports or news coverage relating to the most recent break in and burglary at the La Paz Elementary school in Mission Viejo. This past Thursday evening thieves broke into a “pod” of classes and stole 70 laptop computers. Although there are alarm systems elsewhere in the school this area apparently either doesn’t have one or perhaps it was not operational.
La Paz Intermediate is in the Saddleback School District which, in 2004, received overwhelming support of the local electorate in passage of Meas B, a $180 million dollar School Bond. That bond was to fund among other projects, fire alarm systems, parking and playground equipment. Although I hope the sheriff deputies track down, prosecute and incarcerate the laptop bandits, the school principle and school board need to immediately engage in corrective action so that this vulnerability for theft does not occur again. I understand there was another burglary about a year ago where the burglars may not have been apprehended.
Larry Gilbert
Larry,
Stand on your principles and call the Principal to complain.
Should we recall the School Board on this one?
Signed,
You know who…
No, I do not know who you are. but it doesn’t matter. I will let the O.C. sheriff’s deputies and the local school officials take whatever action they deem necessary. I surely would begin with some form of corrective action, especially if this is a repeat action. To be burglarized a second time and not attempt to prevent it, if that is the case, raises some questions for me. How about you?
Larry
Larry,
It is very difficult to really draw any conclusions about two burglaries at the middle school that may or may not have any other simularities.
Mission Viejo is a safe community and has a low crime rate (I did not say NO crime rate).
As such, it allows folks like yourself and the City Council to drill down into lots of things that would be off the radar screen in communities where safety from crime is a daily concern.
In other words, somewhere in a close-by school district there is probably a principal dealing with a break-in at his/her school that took place this weekend and they didn’t even get the locks/doors/windows fixed from the last break-in.
And, this principal probably knows that some of his students were crime victims themselves between the end of school Friday and the start on school tomorrow morning.
That’s serious sh*t, Larry.
Worrying about who had a cocktail with whom at a social event that involves our elected Council members in Mission Viejo politicians is trivial nonsense.
But, we can all fret over it because we don’t have to deal with the serious sh*t in our little lake-side community.
Aren’t we fortunate?
What say you?
Anonymous you are missing the point.
My post was to report on a burglary that may be off the radar screen. My guess is that the heist included “stuff” in excess of $50,000. As such it warrants coverage.
Don’t you agree?
Larry
I don’t agree that your post was about a burglary and suspects that need to be apprehended.
Not even close, Larry.
BS.
I’ll let the readers decide if a burglary warrants news coverage.
By the way. do you challenge every reporter to respond to your trash?
I know who you are but again, let the readers have access to the facts and come to their own conclusions as to my “agenda” in posting this story.
Larry