Guitars and ukuleles worth a total of $2,750 were stolen from Dublin Elementary School this summer, according to officials at the school district and police.
The theft was discovered Aug. 8, while the Dublin Elementary music education teacher was conducting an inventory of musical instruments, Dublin Police Services Capt. Miguel Campos said.
Missing items included 25 Yamaha JR1 wood grain acoustic guitars, valued at $100 each, and five Makala brand ukuleles, valued at $50 each, Campos added.
The guitars were among the instruments used in the site’s comprehensive elementary school music program
“At this time, there are no leads as to who may have been responsible for the theft,” Campos said.
The stolen instruments were stored on the stage of the school’s multipurpose room, which currently serves as the music classroom.
The items were last inventoried at the end of the school year in June, Campos said.
A door was left unlocked in an area under construction and renovation, so nothing was broken to gain access to the instruments, Dublin Unified School District spokesperson Chip Dehnert said.
On Monday, a GoFundMe campaign was launched to help Dublin Elementary replace the stolen guitars. Aimed at collecting $5,000, the fundraiser has garnered $3,595 as of Wednesday morning.
“Dublin Elementary has a very accomplished and creative music teacher,” Dehnert said of instructor TJ Jones-Heintz. “I do not doubt that she will find ways to fill the gaps in her program and provide her students with an enriching musical experience until the stolen instruments are replaced.”
