FULLERTON, Calif. – Six years ago former Pacific Drive Elementary School student Rosario Diaz was accosted by a homeless person who wandered onto school property.

“That’s the scariest thing I’ve had (happen) in my life. I was shocked I was just a fourth grader,” Diaz, now 16, told NBC Los Angeles. “The guy grabs my hand, and I scream help, help.”

Fullerton School District officials at the time promised to install a permanent fence at the school to keep vagrants from using its facilities and interacting with students, but homeless folks continue to use the elementary schools bathroom as their personal shower and parents are growing concerned, according to the news site.

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But the problem, which has been going on “for years,” still isn’t being addressed.

“It was six years ago when they told me they were going to put this fence, they promised, and what happened?” Diaz said. “The fences aren’t there. I don’t see them.”

Several incidents between the area’s homeless and students at Pacific Drive this school year has reignited parental concerns about student safety.

Superintendent Bob Pletka told NBC Los Angeles officials have requested additional police patrols around the school, and efforts are underway to build a partial gate, but alleges a full fence around the school would create a hazard.

“Pletka said the district is in the process of putting up a fence around the bathroom area, and claimed a fence cannot be put around the school for safety reasons, as it would create a barrier that would impede an escape route in an emergency,” according to the news site.

But parents like David Sosa believe a full fence’s alleged safety hazard is far outweighed by the risked posed to students by the homeless.

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“If they don’t build a full fence one of the kids is going to end up getting injured, or they can get raped … hurt or kidnapped,” he told the news site.

Many people who commented about the situation online believe the superintendent’s no-fence justification is a bunch of baloney.

“We have fences around our high schools, it can be done!” Moorpark College resident Kimberly Pesta Marcil posted to Facebook.

“No one, not even parents, should be on campus without having gone through the office and checked in first. So it does not matter homeless or not,” Stephanie Almanzan-Young, of Los Alamitos, wrote. “This should not be allowed! Every parent has the right to be angry, and as a teacher myself, I would not feel safe …”

Bryan B. Benton said schools in his area also have fences, with pre-planned escape route in case of an emergency.

“Partial Fence? What the hell is that? In Richmond, Ca. … all our schools have fences with emergency exits where you can escape in an emergency, but can’t get in. The school board is full of bs. What are ‘increased’ police patrols going to do? They school doesn’t even have security guards. Isn’t the school required to lock down the campus every time there is a stranger on campus? The school board has legal obligation for protecting the students. When the next assault happens, the school district has major liability, and the board members could be personally held liable for knowing about the problem and doing nothing. Why doesn’t the faculty speak up about this as well?”

“My daughter’s school is fenced all around. They have a camera in the main entrance where they buzz everyone in,” Buena Park mother Yanis Leidys Gomez wrote. “I rather have a fire hazard than have a raped 5 year old or no child at all.”

Local residents also elaborated on the problem with the homeless in the area.

“This is my child’s designated school, but since the overabundance of homeless in the area and the fact the school is only rated a 3 out of 10 with a high volume of non-english speaking children, we chose to send her to the higher rated school down the street,” Jovan Vasquez posted.

“I’d raise hell if I sent my child there. Sidenote: the library across the street offers story time for little ones. I took my kids only to see maybe 30 homeless people sitting up against the building. Needless to say we just turned around and left because I didn’t feel safe,” she wrote.

Sean Murphy said the problem is bigger than some homeless wandering onto school property.

“The homeless situation in West Fullerton is horrendous. This school and the armory across the street are ground zero,” he wrote. “The National Guard armory doubles as a homeless shelter at night. In the morning they are kicked out and wander to the nearest park – Pacific Drive across the street.

“They arrive so early they go back to sleep in the park and little kids literally have to walk past and sometimes over them to get into school through the partial west gate. Little kids should not have to see this on a daily basis. This area serves as a dumping ground because of its high non-English speaking residents, which deserve better.”