At least a hundred Cleveland teachers’ cars have been broken into recently in school parking lots, according to the Cleveland Teachers Union says, part of a wider rash of break-ins across the city.
Dozens of windows have been smashed over the last several weeks, and personal items and car registrations have been stolen, Union President Shari Obrenski said. In one case, a car was actually stolen. In many cases, however, nothing was taken. Obrenski said teachers have been “frustrated” and have had to take care of the damage from the break-ins with their own insurance.
She said external security cameras aren’t working at some of buildings and the district needs to step up its monitoring and improve its security staffing. Some schools have no security officers, Obrenski added, whereas at others, the officer is only part-time…