Several Winnipeg School Division buses were forced out of service and a West End elementary school was being cleaned Monday due to incidents of vandalism over the weekend.
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Several Winnipeg School Division buses were forced out of service and a West End elementary school was being cleaned Monday due to incidents of vandalism over the weekend.
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Several Winnipeg School Division buses were forced out of service and a West End elementary school was being cleaned Monday due to incidents of vandalism over the weekend.
In an email to parents, Matt Henderson, the division’s superintendent and CEO, said bus routes across WSD had cancellations and delays following vandalism at its transportation yard.
He said the incident affected 45 school buses, leaving several unable to operate under provincial transportation and safety regulations. Additional buses were put into service.
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Forty-five school buses were vandalized over the weekend, leaving several unable to operate under provincial transportation and safety regulations.
Some routes will be cancelled this afternoon.
“We are working quickly to return affected buses to service and expect routes to resume normal operations as early as tomorrow,” Henderson wrote in the email. “Additional overnight security has also been put in place in our transportation yard.”
The division apologized to families for the inconvenience and thanked them for their patience and understanding.
Meanwhile, “unauthorized” people entered Principal Sparling School on Sherburn Street, south of Notre Dame Avenue, and sprayed fire extinguishers in hallways over the weekend, an email to parents said.
Students are spending class time in the gymnasium, which was not affected, and on the school’s playground until cleaning is completed, the email said. Classrooms were not damaged.
Principal Sparling School has about 170 students from nursery to Grade 6, according to its website. A child-care centre is located in the school.
The Free Press has contacted the school division and Winnipeg police for comment.
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