Adair County Sheriff Gerald Coleman said Thursday that the vandalism was discovered on the evening of Feb. 24. He speculated that the damage was probably done the previous night.
He said no dollar amount has been figured for the damage yet. "It's still under investigation."
There are suspects in the vandalism, but Coleman could not name anyone, he said.
Coleman said the vandals either had a key to the main school building or found a door unlocked in order to gain entry. He noted that windows were broken to gain entry to several outbuildings.
The damage included spray-painted graffiti and overturned and broken items.
"All the fire extinguishers in the building were discharged," Coleman said. "That junk was everywhere."
He believed they started cleaning up the school Wednesday in the hope of going back to school Monday.
"It's going to take a lot of work to clean that up," Coleman said.
When asked if anything was stolen, Coleman said he can't believe the vandals would not have stolen something, but with the disarray that the school is in they won't know that until they clean up and conduct an inventory.
Your TIMES was unable to reach a school official for comment about the vandalism.
