Might be interesting to watch. this guy’s property taxes (ostensibly) pays the school’s electricity bill. The school is on set-aside ^public property^ so external outlets, as well as external water spigots are public property.
I’d have a hard time classifying this as theft. Unauthorized use, maybe, but only if the school had posted the exposed outlets as “For Use of School Personnel Only”.
Public property is not de facto open for the taking.
Can I also cut the schools trees down and burn them as firewood, since its public property? How about pulling up pavers and taking them home to make a patio for my home?
So then it’s okay if I siphoned a bit of gas from one of the school busses?
I suggest that you rethink your argument. ;>)