A Primary school principal has written scores of letters to church leaders, politicians and businesses after he learned that two secondary school students tried to sell crack cocaine to his students.

Dellwood Primary School headmaster, Mr. Dale Butler, initially planned to keep the October 24 incident low key by writing letters to the Department of Education and the principals of the secondary schools concerned.

But after his car window was smashed resulting in $800 damage, Mr. Butler decided to broaden his audience.

At least one Government politician has thrown his support behind Mr. Butler.

Health and Social Services Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness called on parents, teachers and the broader community to assist Mr. Butler as he tries to defend his school.

"We should give him whatever help he asks for,'' Mr. Edness said. "That may be from the Police and parents or for the community to be more vigilant.

"Dellwood is in a vulnerable area and he has the care of those children at heart.'' Meanwhile Mr. Butler said he passed out flyers at the Progressive Labour Party conference on Thursday, regarding the incident and he plans to hand out more flyers at supermarkets to alert parents to be watchful. Additionally, he hopes to increase the public's awareness of the potential problems if drugs take hold at the primary school level.

"A high school dealer is on his way out of school and onto a wall somewhere,'' he explained.

"But if we allow this to spread to our primary schools they are still inside the system creating havoc because after they leave they go onto secondary school for five more years.

"A line has to be drawn in the sand now,'' he urged."We need to be resilient and brave enough to stand up and say no.

"We've turned a blind eye at our high schools but the drug dealers are trying every ruse up their sleeves.'' Mr. Butler said he believed that the adult market for crack and marijuana has become saturated.

Consequently, dealers, in their quest for profits, are trying to spread their business into the secondary schools.

Teenaged dealers, he said, are now targeting the primary schools because they want this new market.

The two high school dealers were attempting to sell crack cocaine for one dollar to 10 and 11-year-old Dellwood students.

There were several witnesses.

Mr. Edness said he first heard of the incident on the floor of the House of Assembly.

"It is very disturbing to hear of young kids selling crack on school campuses. One does not like to see this in Bermuda and we need to get very strict as a community particularly around our schools.'' In response to this recent incident, Mr. Butler has organised a team of 10 parents, who have agreed to patrol the school grounds starting next Monday.

"We have a large facility,'' he continued, "and people can come onto the grounds fairly easily.

"If they are in uniform the first thought usually is that they are here to see their brother or sister. Not that they are selling drugs.'' "This behaviour cannot be tolerated at any time. I have no independent evidence that would suggest that we have a drug problem at Dellwood. And I want to keep it that way.''