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CCTV to protect special school

School bus with window smashed
Windows were smashed on the school's buses on Friday

A school for children with learning difficulties in Coleraine is to get CCTV cameras after it was attacked by vandals four times in two weeks.

Windows at Sandelford Special school on Rugby Avenue were smashed, equipment was damaged and graffiti was daubed on the walls on Sunday night.

Buses were damaged at the school last week, causing pupils to miss lessons.

The principal, Sharon Tennant, said she hoped the new measures would protect the school from vandals.

"I must admit at 8 o'clock when I come through the school gates, I'm thinking what will I be confronted with this morning?

"We're hoping that these measures will minimise the opportunities for vandalism on the site," she said.





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