Fundraising for Belmont Street

Councilor Palmieri is addressing the City Council now under suspension, speaking of the community leaders pulling together to fundraise for the school (again, more coming on this).

He is also asking that a group raise money for a reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the vandalism. He is pulling together this effort, hoping

Councilor Toomey speaking of the wish list for Belmont Street which will be on the WPS website (there will also be an article in tomorrow's paper).

Request for a detailed list of how much was destroyed and also a question about what insurance does and does not cover from Councilor Petty. Petty stands to point out that the building was alarmed.

Councilor Lukes wonders what security measures they have, requesting a report, referencing that cameras were not working.

A bunch of these are referred to the superintendent.

Belmont goes back

The teachers at Belmont Street are going back tomorrow (Wednesday); students are coming back on Thursday.

Donations are still being fleshed out within administration.

Destruction at Belmont Street Community School

By now you may have seen this at Daily Worcesteria or the T&G; in case you have not, over the weekend, vandals broke into Belmont Street Community School and destroyed a great deal.

Damages included broken glass strewn throughout the building, broken trophy cases and computer monitors, paint on the floors, cereal and milk thrown around the cafeteria and water damage from running faucets.

I don't know much more than what is here, other than Worcester is self-insured, so we pay for this, and it isn't going to be cheap.
School at Belmont Street is canceled for tomorrow. The kids left the building at 10 today for Worcester Tech, from where they were dismissed.

UPDATE: They're asking that people stay away from the building--which is a crime scene, after all--and there is an effort by the administration to coordinate the offers of help coming in. Stay tuned!