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Troy School District 30-C, which includes schools in Joliet, Plainfield, and Shorewood, emailed families on Monday to share that "over 90 percent of our bus fleet had fallen victim to vandalism, resulting in the theft of catalytic converters." Troy School District confirmed the buses were under surveillance cameras and inside secure fencing.
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Q: Why don’t the school district and CBS News know the difference between vandalism and theft?
A: “Education”
Districts have turned into Day Care, Food Services and Transportation services. Nothing more. With this, they have proven they can’t even do 1 of the 3 basic services they have evolved into. There is another alternative…perhaps the parents take their kids to school…just a thought…