One county commissioner wants to put surveillance cameras behind Wallace A. Smith Elementary School in hopes of catching vandals and thieves.
School officials say they’re working to beef up security systemwide.
The school system already was reviewing its security measures after a rise in break-ins over the last two to three years, according to Gary Waters, superintendent of auxiliary services for Hamilton County Schools.
On two separate weekends in October, vandals “spray-painted some very inappropriate language on playground equipment and an outdoor pavilion” and damaged a greenhouse at Wallace A. Smith, Waters said.
On Nov. 16, someone broke down a door to a portable storage building at Hunter Middle School and threw a rock through a window.