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Please avert this potentially dangerous situation at Bishops’

Aug 28, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is with a sense of disappointment that I pen this letter to you with the hope of spurring some action with regard to a very important issue that if left unchecked, may very well result in a tragedy.
A number of weeks ago I visited the Bishops’ High School to have my child registered for Grade 7 having been offered a place there after the Grade 6 results came out.
Being an “old student” of this wonderful school, I decided to show my child around and invariably we made our way to the uppermost floor. Those who are familiar with Bishops’ know that the youngest children (Forms 1 & 2) occupy this floor. Imagine my utter shock and horror when I observed that numerous spindles from the banisters were missing. I literally ran cold! In some places, as many as three and four spindles were missing and it should be pointed out that even if one spindle is missing, two first formers could easily slip through.
I stand guilty of not raising my concerns with the teachers during the registration exercise and perhaps it was because of the sheer volume of parents that were swarming them to have their respective child/children registered. Or, perhaps I felt that over the course of the holidays these glaring gaps in protective rails would have been fixed….well, I guess I was terribly mistaken.
We showed up today (Thursday 27th) for orientation, mere days away from school reopening, and to my surprise and shock and anger, the spindles are still missing! Now, I am sure that the powers that be, will be upset to have this issue publicized in such a manner but apparently neither the Ministry nor the school nor the PTA seem to be aware of the situation. I say this because I can’t fathom anyone being aware of this situation and doing nothing about it.
You see Mr. Editor, we Guyanese have a way of waiting for a tragedy to occur, then we will hold our heads and cry about it and maybe…maybe rectify the problem…not always….sometimes a second tragedy has to happen.
I therefore call on whoever has responsibility to have the banisters fixed, to do so before one of our little ones fall through…because sometimes, “sorry” just won’t cut it.
Concerned Parent

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