Editorial: The real cost of school vandalism

Editorial: The real cost of school vandalism

(March 30, 2023) Vandalism is difficult to understand. One thing for certain is that when a high school bathroom is wrecked, when the toilets are purposely clogged, there is a cost for that thoughtless crime. The recent wave of vandalism at Nantucket High School, which began in 2021, has so far cost $130,000. That cost comes out of the pockets of island taxpayers, and there is an irony here because among those taxpayers are the parents of the v…