Ohio Township is asking for the Avonworth School District's help in preventing the defacing of its street signs.

Avonworth superintendent Valerie McDonald and Brad Waters, director of fiscal management and support services, had a meeting with officials from Ohio Township last week, according to McDonald. At that time, McDonald and Waters were informed that Avonworth seniors were believed to be defacing street signs in the township. According to McDonald, signs were starting to wear the "2012" mark. McDonald was told that this was "everywhere."

McDonald stated that she was told that the signs could not be cleaned, and the municipality would have to replace them. McDonald said the district was asked "to make a concerted effort to address this vandalism in the community."

McDonald told the board that she wanted to start some programming, have an assembly, and/or make some announcement to address the problem. McDonald said that students will be prosecuted if they are caught defacing public property, and that cameras have been placed at random locations to catch the vandals.