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Will Central High school be relocated or scrapped?

May 12, 2012 News

 

– Parents meet administration

Parents and guardians of students attending Central High School on Wednesday last, met with the school’s administration to discuss, and to vent their anger towards the relocation of the school and its students.
This stemmed from an ongoing report about the building being up for sale.
However, President of the local alumni chapter, Horace Cummings, told Kaieteur News that while the building is not up for sale, there are informal possibilities of eviction.
A previous meeting with the school’s administration and the Ministry of Education had resulted in the discussion of several alternatives, which were later rejected by the gathering of angry parents. The proposal to have the 80-year-old Central High School merged with the Lodge Secondary School, created an outrage from the parent body.
Merging the two schools will result in Central High School being no longer what it is, and exposing their “hardworking” children to violence and indiscipline of those at Lodge Secondary, the parents concluded.
“What goes on at Lodge is no secret. And I would rather my child stay in this same old building than get mixed up with bad company,” one parent noted.
Many others suggested that the government should construct a new building to house the students, so as to keep the heritage of the Central High School alive.
Cummings also noted that this possibility was also discussed with Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, who had no objection, but was concerned about the availability of land space in the city for construction.
Cummings explained that the Minister’s main reason for not disagreeing with the relocation of the school was the fact that it has poor facilities. A major one is the nonfunctioning Information Technology (IT) laboratory.
Parents are asking that even if the school is to be merged with another, it is understandable that it is done so with one that is of its standard. Suggested schools to merge with were Saint Joseph High and the Brickdam Secondary Schools.
A former teacher of the Central High School who was also present at the meeting, fears that a merger will result in the school losing its age old legacy.
“It is not fair to those children who work extremely hard to put their school among the top five in the country. They are recognized students. Personally, something like this will shatter my child. She has been working with the aim of carrying on her school’s legacy.
“She is now very worried as to what will come of her school. We need to stop thinking about saving money from constructing a new school, and think about the children,” one woman said.
Others are hoping that provisions will be made to work at relocating at the next meeting.
Since the building is decades old, parents are calling for a new building, with proper facilities, but no merger.
Mr. Cummings said that Minister Manickchand has assured them that any implementation of relocation can only be done at least after two years. He said that it seems as though the Minister’s full cooperation is promising.

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