Outdoor classrooms at a school in the village of Havelock were damaged on the weekend.
According to Havelock-Belmont Public School’s Facebook page, vandals damaged two outdoor learning spaces on the school property on Mathison Street, about 40 kilometres east of Peterborough. Sunshades on learning spaces were cut and removed from their supports and graffiti was found throughout the area.
“We are speechless … this weekend someone destroyed two of our outdoor learning spaces-cutting and tearing down sunshades and pulling out posts that held them up,” a post on Facebook reads.
The outdoor learning spaces were spearheaded and built by volunteers and companies in the village.
The school serves approximately 260 students from kindergarten to Grade 6.
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Const. Joe Ayotte says Peterborough County OPP were informed of the incident at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Police are investigating, he told Global News Peterborough on Monday morning.
OPP say the mischief occurred between 5 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. A similar incident involving graffiti took place on Aug. 20, OPP noted.
Investigators are actively looking for information that may lead to a suspect(s) in this case. Anyone with tips on this case can contact Peterborough County OPP at 705-742-0401, the non-emergency line 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).