By Victoria Stone-Meadows
Parents and staff at an early learning centre in Berwick have been left shocked and appalled after graffiti vandals targeted their minibus.
Staff arrived at the Bluebird Early Learning Centre in Berwick at 6.30am on Friday 21 July to find the centre’s minibus, signs and the neighbouring primary school’s signs were covered in tags.
Centre manager Catherine Collins said those hit the hardest by this vandalism had been the kids who attended the centre.
“It’s pretty upsetting because the children use it for excursions and things like that,” she said.
“The kids have been saying “Someone has written on the bluebird bus” and they are pretty upset about it and we can’t use it until it gets fixed.”
While the centre hasn’t had to cancel any excursions in the short term, it remains unclear how long it will take for the minibus to be cleaned and usable again.
“Everyone is upset and disappointed something like this has happened,” Ms Collins said.
“You don’t expect it to happen with something relating to children.”
Irate parent Suzie Weeding took to social media to vent her frustration with the unknown vandals.
“Tags all over the bus that drops off and picks up kids from schools in the area for before and after school care,” Ms Weeding wrote in a post on the Casey Crime Page on Facebook.
“Who does this s***, seriously? My three-year-old son writes better than this you stupid idiots.
“It’s pointless. Do it to your own car or your parent’s car and see how that goes.”
Police Officers from Narre Warren Police Station are investigating the incident and say they have some promising leads.
