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Residents want close examination of Kwakwani Secondary
Sheshanna Rose
Several Kwakwani residents are demanding that the school’s Regional Welfare Division take a serious look at the Kwakwani Secondary School, and the way the institution is being run, especially in relation to the welfare of students.
One perturbed parent pointed out, “Right now my daughter is afraid to go to school, because only last December she was attacked by a student with a surgical blade. And it is getting worse because he is threatening to “kill somebody” before the end of the year.”
According to the woman, Shantul Rose, her 13-year-old daughter Sheshanna Rose, had to receive 13 stitches for the injury to her hand. The perpetrator, a 12-year-old boy, is a known ‘bad egg’ in the school, the woman said. The woman’s allegations were backed by several other residents, including a Pastor in the community. They all highlighted incidents where the boy attacked other students. Rose said that what is most worrying is the attitude of both the parent of the child and the headmistress, Pamela Adrian.
According to Rose the child’s father never give her any ‘satisfaction’, and even when she approached him to assist her with some money to have some corrective surgery done to her daughter’s injured hand, which has since developed ‘growing flesh’, he told her that he had no money.
“The headmistress on the other hand merely suspended this boy for five days and that was all- other than that she has no satisfaction to give to anybody, because she is very rude and arrogant,” the woman added.
The headmistress’s attitude leaves much to be desired, other residents reiterated. One resident pointed out vehemently, “She is a pig, she don’t know to speak to anybody!”
Several residents have threatened to remove their children from the school if something is not done to ensure their welfare, because, according to them the recent incident was not the first. And to make matters worse, ‘’the headmistress seems ‘ill equipped” to handle the situation.
Parents said that these recent incidents were the end result of years of complacency on the part of the school administration. There were instances where students would take ice picks and other ‘weapons’ to school. The headmistress was fully aware, but did nothing, the parents said.
“Is everything they does try to cover up at this school; that is why things the way they are.” When asked to comment on the allegations of violence in the school, the headmistress, with barely concealed contempt, replied, “I’m not in a position to answer any of your questions. Please check with the School’s Welfare Department in Linden.”
However efforts to speak with officials there proved futile.
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