School ground use to be reported
People using Woy Woy Public School grounds after hours for walks, meetings or play will be reported in a bid to have a security fence installed.
School principal Ms Ona Buckley said the school is wanting the fence installed with funding from the Department of Education and Training.
"As a result of our P&C forwarding a letter about gaining a security fence to surround our school, I had a visit from a Department of Education and Training security officer," Ms Buckley said.
"He put forward several recommendations about security issues for our school.
"One he said that would further our cause to gain security fence was to make sure that all activity out of hours was reported through our FM Web security system.
"This means any persons walking through our grounds after hours, using our playground as a meeting place or play place or any unusual activity spotted on school grounds.'
"The school comes under the Enclosed Lands Act 1901.
"This states that to enter the grounds without permission or being asked to leave and not leaving even when initially permission was granted is a crime.
"To help our cause, we are asking everyone to participate in reporting any activity on school grounds after hours.
"We have a book at the office where people can enter any information about persons on school grounds after hours.
"We stand a much better chance of gaining a security fence this way.
"The security unit look at this information and how many trespassers, break and entries and vandalisms the school receives in a given time frame."
Newsletter, 15 Sep 2009
Ona Buckley, Woy Woy Public School