Salish School of Spokane vandalized

Vandals caused about $450 worth of damage to the Salish School of Spokane on Saturday.

Three youths were seen on security footage entering the property, 4125 N. Maple St., at about 9:30 p.m. They targeted the school bus and administrative office.

Principal Chris Parkin said a fire extinguisher was discharged in the school bus, an air conditioning unit was pushed through a wall and window screens were torn down.

Cleaning and repairs required 30 hours of labor, costing the school $450.

Parkin said there was no indication that the vandalism was a hate crime. In May 2017, vandals broke into one of the buildings at the Salish School of Spokane and scrawled racial slurs on the walls.

A Facebook post from Monday shows surveillance footage of three youths running through the school grounds. Two of the vandals were wearing hooded sweatshirts and the other was wearing a T-shirt.

“We are working with Total Security to improve our security camera system and monitoring,” Parkin said, “and we will be installing additional lighting in our bus yard.”

Parkin said the vandals have not been apprehended.

Salish School of Spokane is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve and revitalize Salish, the first language of Spokane.