TORRANCE TRIBUNE November 29, 2012 Page 9 South Bay Galleria from front page A Student’s Perspective made to each organization based on their total percentage of points at the end of the have fun with and this doesn’t happen all the On School Vandalismthing because it is something that the kids holiday season. Cheer for Children will have time. This is the first time my youngest son the “Angel Tree” at the South Bay Galleria is able to take a photo with Santa.” By Glen Abalayan, on floors and solid waste in urinals. The throughout the holiday season where guests In addition there is the Giving Tree being Torrance High School Student improper placement of human waste is not can donate unwrapped toys and gifts for offered by Walk with Sally, which is collecting There is a vandalism problem in schools. only a vandalism issue, but also a serious children and teens by placing the donation much-needed gift donations for adults. Walk This issue has diverged from campus walls and health hazard. This poses a serious danger to under the Angel Tree. with Sally, an organization that specializes is now appearing silently on textbooks, desks anyone who enters the facility by the obvious “I think that it is important throughout in connecting mentors with children whose and bathrooms. Today’s methods of defacing stew of viral diseases it can contain. the year, but I think that the holidays have parents have cancer, is asking people to donate property include scratching a student’s street The defacement of schools is also bleeding an important focus when it comes to giving adult gifts that the mentors at the organization name in classrooms and leaving questionable onto neighboring communities. There was a back,” Haddon said. “Santa’s arrival is one of can help children pick out for their parents material in bathrooms. This act has even spilled recent incident near my area in which students the biggest events that we host here and we who have, or have survived, cancer. out to neighboring homes, where innocent littered a resident’s car with condiments. chose to do the ‘Galleria Guests Give Back’ The first 500 children ages two to 10 were residents are victimized by pranksters. There This behavior is naive and hurts a school’s at the same times of Santa’s arrival to get treated to a free McDonalds breakfast. Free needs to be a greater enforcement of the reputation. The targeting of innocent neighbors the maximum exposure for these groups. We entertainment was also provided and included rules preventing the defacement of property by the same thugs who decide to vandalize kind of just tied it in without biggest event.” balloon artists and face painters, among others. to provide safer schools to students. schools is despicable and should be punished The campaign kickoff attracted parents “It is all about trying to get that message out Vandalism has transformed school windows, justly. Schools must control this growing issue and children waiting to see Santa that are to as many people as we can reach in one textbooks and facilities. Visitors to schools before their reputations are further damaged regular South Bay Galleria guests and new season,” Haddon said. “This is the first year blindly claim a facility safe completely oblivious by the continued misdeeds of a small band patrons. “I haven’t been here in almost 10 that we are launching ‘Galleria Guests Give to the sheer amount of defacement occurring of pranksters. years, but I picked a good day. Usually I go Back’ and I would love to keep continuing behind their backs. Just because the walls It is unfair for school staff to turn a blind to another mall, but if I have time I think this event. I would love to make it something of a school are not littered with gang signs eye to this fiasco. There needs to be a change we will come back and donate,” mother of bigger each year and be able to reach out does not rule out the possibility of the same in how schools view the defacement of their two Nora Avalos said. “I think it is a good more to the community each year.” • degenerates performing the same deeds on less own property, especially when it jeopardizes noticeable areas. Meanwhile, students fully the safety of their own students. This includes Council from front page by their constant exposure to it in their daily vandals and issuing effective punishments fora more effective way of cracking down onunderstand the degree of vandalism schools a patriotic community to run-down icons of contested that having one department alone travels to class. their acts. This issue needs to be nipped at the a minuscule City budget. “I like the Chief’s displaying the flag would reflect poorly on The actual content of the graffiti poses a great bud in order to prevent the same individuals, idea to fly the flag on the eight holidays the other departments. “If we allow one risk to students. The most common example and future generations, from continuing to each year,” said Brewer. “We haven’t even department to fly the flag and not the other, of this is the prevalence of the swastika on deface property upon leaving high school. talked about how the flags will look if they then it makes those departments really look textbooks and bathroom stalls. In the context If a facility is supposed to be a distinguished are going to be flown all day, every day and bad,” said Brewer. Sutherland disputed this of where these are written, the emblems etched school, then why must students have to deal the cost associated with that.” claim by saying that the firefighters were onto school surfaces do not symbolize good with bathrooms without stall doors, fecal Brewer initially supported, along with Fire “the only ones who asked” and their interest luck but are instead the embodiment of hatred. matter in urinals, urine on floors and gang Chief William Racowschi, maintaining the and their trucks already being outfitted to Yet some students choose to forget about its insignias on its walls? Interestingly enough, status quo, but changed his position to favor display the flag is reason enough for them history and desensitize the swastika’s meaning staff bathrooms are in such close proximity to flying the flags year-round. One important to be allowed to have the stars and stripes on by mindlessly etching copies of it on school those of students that it’s a wonder how they factor was a commitment from TFA President board while other departments don’t currently property. But what can appear as a laughable don’t check regularly to see what students have Ryan Rasnick that his organization would pay enjoy that privilege. prank to a student may be viewed as a hateful to deal with daily. School janitors are truly for the flags and keep them maintained. “We Retired Torrance firefighter Steve Waggoner deterrent towards minority groups, who may the unsung heroes of the education systems will pay for 100 percent of the cost for the shared his thoughts about flying the flag take great offense to its presence. The prevalence as they stoop to the same level as students flags,” said Rasnick. “We will inspect them while he was active in the department. He of the swastika in school property is not the and are faced with cleaning the dangerous just like we do with the flags at our station said that he and his fellow firefighters would only example of hateful messages hidden in mess troublesome teenagers choose to make. and we will replace them if they are torn, be honored to fly the flag on the permitted school property as anti-Semitic, racist and Schools are supposed to be places of higher frayed or faded just like we do currently.” holidays and that changing the practice would homophobic graffiti have an equal, if not learning--places to be respected. What has Brewer also objected to just allowing only improve the department. “It gives us greater, occurrence. the public education system done to deserve firefighters to fly the flag. While the cost of great pride to fly the flag,” said Waggoner. The students’ immediate safety is at an such disrespect? The American education installing proper mounting apparatus for all “We are a Class 1 department and we could even greater risk in school bathrooms, which system is a free resource funded by American City vehicles would be enormous, Brewer make it even better if you let us fly the flag.” are commonly littered with hazardous liquids See School Vandalism, page 10 business & professional directory alarms flooring glass painting plumbing KIRK FLOORING THE GLASS IDEA CO. TKO PAINTING CO. INC. 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