From Sandy Louey:
Students and staff are teaming with law enforcement and security officers to keep vandals at bay at a school hit hard during last year's holiday break.
The effort to protect Ethel I. Baker Elementary School features staff and students canvassing the school's neighborhood with deputies from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and district security officers.
The door-to-door neighborhood walk begins at 10 a.m. Friday at the school, 5717 Laurine Way, as part of the Sacramento Unified School District's vandalism prevention campaign.
Every summer and winter recess, district security officers team up with schools to ask nearby residents to watch for and report suspicious behavior at school sites.
During the 2007-2008 holiday break, vandals caused $6,933 in damages, down from $7,018 the previous year, according to the district.
To report suspicious behavior on a school campus, Sacramento residents can call the Sacramento Police Department at (916) 264-5471. People living outside the city can call the sheriff's department at (916) 874-5115.
District security can also be called around the clock every day at (916) 643-7444. District Police Sgt. Vince Matranga can also be contacted at (916) 752-3620.
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