FROM THE SCHOOL THAT COULD LEAVE IT VULNERABLE AGAIN. TODAY AT THE LEWISTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE FORMER LONGLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING THAT WAS VANDALIZED LAST WEEKEND DID NOT HAVE AN INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEM PROTECTING IT, WITH THE BOARD CHAIRMAN SAYING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO THE BUILDINGS TO PROTECT THEM. THIS FOLLOWING THE BREAK-IN AND VANDALISM OF THE FORMER LONGLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST SUNDAY NIGHT THAT RESULTED IN FOUR JUVENILES BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. SUPERINTENDENT JAKE LANGLAIS GAVE AN UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL. HE SAYS THE CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY AND THAT SOME OF ITS ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. WE WERE TOLD EARLIER THAT INSURANCE WOULD COVER MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE DAMAGE COSTS. THE SUPERINTENDENT THANKED THE WORKERS AND THE LEWISTON COMMUNITY FOR ITS SUPPORT FOLLOWING THE BREAK IN. THE CLEANUP HAS GONE VERY WELL. OUR IT FOLKS, OUR FACILITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, WITH BILL COORDINATING WITH INSURANCE, AND THE OTHER SUPPORTS, HAVE REALLY HELPED INVENTORY AND TAKE CARE OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT, AT LEAST TO GET OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. WE REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR COMMENT ON THE LACK OF AN INTRUSIVE ALARM SYSTEM AND WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS. WE WILL SHARE HIS RESPONSE WHEN WE RECEIVE IT ONLINE