By Laine Mitchell (Twitter: @Laine_Mitchell)

Laptops stolen from rural Alberta school

May 31, 2018 | 12:00 PM

A kindergarten to grade nine school in a rural Alberta community is without nearly a dozen laptops after a break and enter to the building over the weekend.

Drayton Valley RCMP were called to the Tomahawk School in Parkland County on Saturday night, where Mounties said offices had been riffled through and approximately 10 Chromebook laptops were stolen.

Police cleared the building, and discovered that a door to the school had been propped open with a rock. It’s believed that the school had been broken into around 4 p.m. earlier in the day, and no significant damage was sustained to the building.

Jordi Weidman, Director, Strategic Planning & Communications for Parkland School Division said “It’s unfortunate that the school has to deal with this,” adding that “The principal and teachers will review the school divisions code of conduct.”

Weidman added that the laptops were used by students who didn’t have access to devices of their own, and allowed them to participate in online lessons. 

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Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers.

Tomahawk is approximately 33 kilometres north of Drayton Valley.