Solano Widenmann Management Academy: Courses canceled for a whole lot of Vallejo college students after copper thieves lower energy to high school

VALLEJO, Calif. (KGO) — It is the center of the college 12 months and a whole lot of youngsters in Vallejo are left questioning once they’ll have the ability to return to class.

Over the weekend, their faculty’s copper wiring was stolen and {the electrical} system not works.

Greater than 600 children who attend Solano Widenmann Management Academy, which is Okay-8, can be dwelling on Monday after the college’s electrical system was knocked out by a thief or thieves.

“Upon additional examination, we found that somebody had damaged in and had stripped all our copper wiring to the breakers, primarily leaving the campus darkish,” stated Vallejo Metropolis Unified Superintendent Ruben Aurelio.

Relations of the children who go to high school there are indignant.

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“For some kids, that is their solely constructive surroundings. That is the one protected haven they’ve. And to rob them from that’s simply inexcusable. It is simply actually unhappy,” stated Jay Stafford.

Stafford’s sister is now out of college and their household will take turns watching her this week.

Police say no arrests have been made. Aurelio says investigators are taking a look at surveillance video. However it was darkish late Friday into early Saturday, and whoever did this took out the facility.

Mother and father had been informed {that a} repair would probably take every week. Aurelio says it might really be a few days or a few weeks.

“We’re not flushed with a bunch of cash to impulsively change 1000’s of toes of wiring, copper wiring. Proper now, we have now an estimate. It is going to be someplace between $150 to 250,000 to get this campus again up,” Aurelio stated.

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“It is simply very unhappy. Rather a lot is happening in Vallejo proper now. We’re what we wish to name a ‘lawless metropolis’ virtually. A lot goes rampant, and it is simply actually unhappy that now the crime has affected our youngsters having the ability to attend faculty,” Stafford stated.

Aurelio says it is potential that additional faculty days could possibly be added onto the top of the college 12 months, however proper now the main focus is getting children studying as shortly and safely as potential.

“We will transfer to get children again into faculty as quickly as potential, even when meaning distributing college students and workers to different campuses which have area that may maintain them,” Aurelio stated.

“We’re a really sturdy neighborhood. We’re very close-knit. We now have lots of people who advocate in the neighborhood and do nice issues. I consider that is simply a type of issues that we should recover from and conquer,” Stafford stated.

The Vallejo Metropolis Unified College District put out this assertion:

NOTICE FOR SOLANO WIDENMANN FAMILIES: A theft has severely broken Solano Widenmann Management Academy’s electrical techniques, requiring the college to CANCEL CLASSES till additional discover. Repairs are anticipated to take a few week, but when the closure extends, the district will prepare alternate scholar placements to attenuate disruption. Updates on repairs and potential relocations can be shared on ParentSquare, and households are inspired to contact the college or district workplace with any questions.