| “We need a school; we don’t need the Marriott Hotel. Can our children go there and get a classroom? Right now our husband can’t go there and get a job,” parentsOver 100 Grade Six students from the St Agnes Primary School who are next in line to write the National Grade Six Examination were locked out from their classroom yesterday, the first day of a new school year.Chief Education Officer Alato Sam came in for some verbal attacks from angry parents.The problem stemmed from an ongoing dispute between their school and the administration of the adjoining St Rose’s High School. The two schools share a large compound.Yesterday, the Grade Six pupils stood in the sun for hours while their parents held placards,Off White Vapormax For Sale, shouting, “Enough is enough! We need a building for our children. This is ridiculous. Today (yesterday) is the first day of school and look at what these children have to go through.”Kaieteur News was told that when the Grade Six students turned out to school yesterday and approached their respective classrooms,Nike Off White The Ten, which are located in the upper flat of the building, there was a padlock on the main door.Grades One to Four were not affected by this since they occupy the lower flat of the building.However the smaller children joined their older school mates in the sun and shouted,Adidas Shoes On Sale Cheap, “We want Grade Six. We want Grade Six.”Some of the placards read, “St. Rose’s occupy our classrooms forcefully”; “Mrs. Minister we need a new school”; “This is unfair, we are entitled to a school,Nike NFL Jerseys China, Mrs. Minister, help” and “St Agnes first day of school and no classrooms for our children.”Some of the parents holding their placards yesterday.This newspaper was informed that even St. Agnes’ Headmistress’ office was locked to prevent her from entering.“Dem wicked. They wait until the children them done pack up their classrooms, then they lock them out,Undefeated Air Max 97 White,” a parent stressed.Scared of being victimized, the teachers and the Headmistress of the primary school refused to comment but the looks on their faces indicated their dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Education, since they were supposed to make sure everyone was comfortable on their first day at school.“The children dem come well dressed with their new clothes and bags to begin their first day at school and look, they are in the sun. If the Secondary School is comfortable, then the Primary School should be comfortable. These kids have to prepare for exam next year,” one parent said.After learning about the situation, the Chief Education Officer,Discount Football Jerseys, Olato Sam visited the school to resolve the issues. He was greeted instead with verbal abuses by one parent when he asked her whether being on the television is the solution to the problem. Sam was taken to the upper flat of the building by the Headmistress, where he was shown the padlock on the door. The CEO then left the St Agnes section and went over to St Rose’s High for “a serious talk.”After a 15-minute meeting behind closed doors with representatives from the St Rose’s High, the primary school children were seen in lines, walking to their classrooms.The CEO being shown the padlock on the door.The CEO explained that “we share part of the building with St. Rose’s and there were some misunderstandings as to how the allocation of space should be sorted out.”He added that, “we have resolved those issues and are in the process of making sure that all our pupils are adequately place in the entire compound so that both schools can be happy with those arrangements.”Sam told Kaieteur News that he would be meeting with the Board Members from the St Rose’s High School late yesterday.However, parents weren’t too happy with what the CEO had to say. They stressed that, “Dem always making promises that they can’t keep. These children need their education. What is the Minister doing? She went around saying that all schools are ready. Ready my foot!!!” declared a parent |
