School chil­dren in San Fer­nan­do are be­ing urged to be vig­i­lant af­ter a 15-year-old school­boy was robbed while wait­ing for his par­ents.

A re­port stat­ed that the stu­dent of the AS­JA Boys’ Col­lege was among two oth­ers sit­ting in the pavil­ion on the sec­ond class ground in Skin­ner Park.

Three men ap­proached them men­ac­ing­ly and robbed the New Grant teen of his Sam­sung Galaxy S9+, val­ued at US$161 and $100 cash. 

The oth­er boys were not robbed.

The men ran off along the Rien­zi Kir­ton High­way and were not caught up to yes­ter­day.

A re­port was made to the San Fer­nan­do Po­lice and PC James of the Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ments be­gan in­quiries.

Many school chil­dren pass through Skin­ner Park af­ter the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion re­moved the pave­ment to widen the road.

Some stu­dents wait for their par­ents at the pavil­ion, which is some­times tak­en up by home­less peo­ple. A pre­vi­ous arrange­ment saw par­ents park­ing at the South­ern Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts un­til their chil­dren fin­ish school. That arrange­ment was scrapped.

In ad­di­tion to AS­JA Boys’ Col­lege, the park is used by AS­JA Girls’ Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do Cen­tral Sec­ondary School and the San Fer­nan­do West Sec­ondary School.