Please fence them in

The death of a woman just inside Kununurra District High School last week was a stark reminder that it's high time the school was surrounded by security fencing.

Drunks, itinerants and vandals wander through the grounds at all hours of the day and night leaving a trail of litter, damage and faeces.

This may all be cleaned up by the time students arrive, but the health risks remain.

It is plain common sense that, with so much infrastructure at risk and the health of children on the line, there is an urgent need to fence the property.

50 percent is already fenced, so it's not a big ask.

It's not a case of Kununurra being a one off - schools in some of Perth's least crime-affected areas are securely fenced as is Broome District High School.

The Education Department might claim that Kununurra has been in the high priority list for some time, but that doesn't wash when there is still no fence.

Do children need to discover a body in the grounds before the State Government does something?

Surely for a State Government that has an embarrassment of riches it's not too much to ask for a secure fence.