Stockton school laptop thefts lead to tight security
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STOCKTON, CA – Parents just don’t wander onto the campus at Sutherland Elementary School in Stockton any longer.
As part of $160,000 worth of security improvements, parents and other visitors wait outside the school until office staff sees them and “buzzes” them in.
The gates, cameras and warning signs were added after the school had eight laptops stolen from classrooms earlier this year.
Principal Harold Brown said the loss of those computers will have a negative impact on what his staff is trying to accomplish.
“Society, with so many people out of jobs, is hurting. With the economy going down, people are doing what they can to keep themselves living. But education is how you keep living,” said Brown.
Brown said the cost of replacing each stolen laptop is about $2,000.
by tdaly@news10.net
News10/KXTV
