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WEBVTT DANA THIS SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL: FOR ADULTS, TRANSITIONINGAFTER HIGH SCHOOL, IS FACING ANUGLY REALITY, THAT PEOPLE CAN CRUEL.>> OH, I WAS JUST SHOCKED.DANA: AND THIS IS WHAT THPRINCIPAL AT LAUREL RUFF SCHOOLSASINKS SMASHED OFF THE WALL,THERAPY EQUIPMENT AND WHEELCHAIRS THROWN INTO THE POOL,ALONG WITH FECES.>> WHY WOULD YOU DEFECATE IN APOOL THAT YOU KNOW OTHER HUMANBEINGS WOULD SWIM IN ON PURPOSE?DANA THE VANDALISM HAS DISRUPTED: ROUTINES FOR STUDENTS WHO USETHIS THERAPEUTIC POOL EVERY DAY.>> THEY HAD RACKS OF CLOTHING --DANA: THE VANDALS BROKE INTOTHIS CLOSET AND THREW CLOTHESEVERYWHERE.EVEN WORSE, THEY RELEASED A FIREEXTINGUISHER-DESTROYING CLOTHESTHAT ARE USED TO TEACH STUDENTSHOW TO DRESS THEMSELVES.>> SO, THERE WAS JUST THISHORRIBLE CLOUD OF CHEMICALS INTHERE.JUST SENSELESS.DANA: SOME OF THE ITEMS ARESALVAGEABLE, BUT MOST HAD TO BETHROWN AWAY.THE DESTRUCTION HAPPENEDFEBRUARY 22 WHEN THE SCHOOL WASON A BREAK.>> AND THERE'S REALLY NO RHYMEOR REASON FOR IT.DANA SACRAMENTO DEPUTIES WERE: CALLED WHEN THE BOYS, AGES 11AND 13, WERE SPOTTED ON THE ROOFBUT THEY GOT AWAY.SINCE THEN, SURVEILLANCE VIDEOHELPED DEPUTIES IDENTIFY ANDARREST THE BOYS TODAY.>> I'VE BEEN THE SECRETARY NOW-- DANA: LEANN THIELE IS THESCHOOL'S SECRETARY AND HER SONANDREW IS A FORMER STUDENT.>> IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL.I HOPE THAT ONE DAY AS THEY GETOLDER, OR BECOME ADULTS THATTHEY'RE NOT FACED WITH SOMETHINGLIKE THIS.DANA MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN: CLEANED, BUT THE VIOLATIONREMAINS.>> I THINK SOME OF THEM ARESCARED.

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Laurel Ruff Transition, a school for special needs adults transitioning after high school, is facing an ugly reality -- that people can be cruel. "Oh, I was just shocked," principal Julia Arreguin said. The school was vandalized on Feb. 22 while students were on break. Vandals smashed sinks off the wall, and threw therapy equipment, wheel chairs and feces into the pool. "Why would you defecate in a pool that you know other human beings would swim in on purpose?" Arreguin asked. The destruction disrupted routines for students who use the therapeutic pool every day. The vandals also broke into a closet and released a fire extinguisher, destroying clothes that are used to teach students how to dress themselves. "There was just this horrible cloud of chemicals in there,” Arreguin said. Some of the items are salvageable, but most had to be thrown away. Sacramento County sheriff's deputies responded to the school around 6:30 p.m. last week when the two boys were spotted on the roof -- but, they got away. Surveillance video helped investigators identify the boys, ages 11 and 13, who were taken into custody Thursday afternoon. The boys were cited for burglary and vandalism and then released to their parents. LeAnn Thiele is the school's secretary and her son Andrew is a former student. "It's just shameful," Thiele said. "I hope that one day, as they get older or become adults, that they're not faced with something like this." Most of the damage has been cleaned, but the violation remains. "I think some of (the students) are scared. Some of them, they're angry," Thiele said. The school is still adding up the cost of the damage. After a hearing, juvenile court will determine a punishment for the boys, who could be ordered to pay for the damage.