Eulalie Rivera Break-In an “Inside Job,” Says Senator Kurt Vialet

Following the theft of critical kitchen equipment, Senator Kurt Vialet urges a review of school personnel, suspecting an inside job. The missing items threaten to delay renovations and disrupt meal services for 630 students.

Senator Kurt Vialet has called for a thorough review of personnel working in schools following the recent theft of critical kitchen equipment from the Eulalie Rivera K-8 School, which is currently under renovation. "The Department needs to look at everyone working in these schools because the community didn't know that hoods are coming in this Saturday," Mr. Vialet stated, highlighting concerns about security and oversight in school facilities.

As chair of the 36th Legislature's Committee on Education and Workforce Development, Vialet was responding to Education Commissioner Dionne Wells-Hedrington's frustration over the theft, which has further delayed the school's long-overdue renovations.