A demonstration by parents of students attending the North East Comprehensive School (NECS) in Londonderry, ended today at about 12 p.m.
This morning, in a show of solidarity with the PTA, most parents from the communities served by the school kept their children at home. Only 22 students were in attendance at the school, which has a total student population of over 700.
A decision was made by the parents to allow their children to return to school tomorrow, while they await a response to their pleas from the government.
According to a member of the PTA executive, they will give the government until Wednesday this week to respond, before deciding on their next course of action.
The demonstration was staged with the goal of drawing national attention to what the parents said are unacceptable learning conditions for the students at the school. Several classes have damaged windows, resulting in some classes having large pools of water whenever it rains heavily.
Other grievances identified by the PTA include the fact that the school is yet to be officially commissioned and that the technical facilities for woodwork, electricity and so on are not being equipped and utilized.
According to the PTA President, Mr Matthew Auguiste, the protest isn’t political. He said that their aim is simply for an “amicable solution, one that engenders the betterment of the children attending the school.”
The decision to stage protest action was made at an emergency PTA meeting held at the school on Thursday, November 17.
this is so true I am a member of the first graduation class of 2006,2007. I actually spend 1 year at the school. The windows just say the overall school needed to be maintain before it was open in 2006. Just Imagine desks and tables had to be tranfered to NEC by students such as myself at the time. Back then when the school population was a lot smaller, there was not enougth desk & tables to support the first set of student in my time. Logically if the goverment impliment universal secondary education program. Automatically you expect there to be a crisis @ the school interms of availlabity of resources. Take heed at the time i was a sience student @ the time we did not have proper lab equipments and fixtures to support our researh for cxc assessments so what you pple talking about huh. So PLease stop the gutter politics be realistic. This has nothing to do with politics. We are talking about the well being of our future leaders the conditions that the students are facing now are not off their own doing certainly those things will occure at any school. Im not bias, at any school there will be vandalism however you can not sit on your butts and blame young children under the age of 10-18 for the up- keep of a national educational institution. The magement Team can only perform there duties within their ability and within their financail budget. JUST TO MENTION THE SCHOOL IS NOT COMPLETED IT WAS PREMATURELY OPENED IF YOU HEART LESS PEOPLE WITH NO REASONing NO COMMON SENCE PLEASE COME TO NEC TAKE A LOOK INVESTIGATE ANALYSE THE DAMAGE.. 1 YOU WILL PROVE THAT THE BROKEN WINDOW WERE NOT DAMAGED BY THE INNOCENT CHILDREN ..2 THAT SCHOOL WAS NOT COMPLETED..3 THAT THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE MAINTAIN AND EQUIPED PROPERLY TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM THE KALINAGO VILLAGE TO BENSE VILLAGE. Please i beg of you dont mix politic with a national crisis with one our educational institution. This School serve the entire northeast which includes the biggest parish in Dominica. So imaging the # of student who are faced with a major disadvantage. The people of the northeast should not have to protest to get the attention of the government especailly the ministry of education this should not have reach this stage.
First of all let us all be realistic. The building can’t destroy itself. this damage must have been done by human beings. How on earth can the management of the school let it reach this far? From the time one window was broken, the person responsible for causing the damage should be made to pay for it or fix it. I have not heard of a natural disaster causing any damage to the school. Because some things do not belong to us personally, we do not seem to care. The school belongs to the teachers, students and community by extension and I must say that they should own it. We can’t allow people including students to vandalize the school just because it is’government school’. The ones we hurt in the process are ourselves. Hope this won’t be a trend.
please let us not say things that are making us out to seem like we are retarded.. i am certain that u have never had any links or even seen the school so your comments are INVALID.. if u actually knew the situation u would have just remained silent…
Am I to believe that all that damage of the school property was done by the Government? So I guess the Hon. PM and his Cabinet came in school and destroy the windows and pulled out the fan from the AC unit and no one saw. Were they ninjas and stealthily did that or did they do a Twilight vampire thing and do the damage at Edward Cullen speed?
The person or persons who did the damage should be the one who should pay for the repairs. Government should not take taxpayers money, (my money) and pay for something a malicious individual did. Who else but the students that did these damages. A new school – six (6) years old. The parents should teach they children to respect other people stuff. And stop blaming Government for the bad, malicous, evil-minded, injurious,venomous behaviour of their children.
Ummmm. Hello! Illogical person. Fact # 1 The school was already damaged before anyone was allowed to go into the vicinity. fact # 2 The school sites atop a hill near the see where everything is suseptable to corrosion , rust and thus they will crumble and break. And yet again i presume you are one of those ignorant people who tend to miss the point with your slanderous sarcasm, and witty banter but let me make the point crystal to you. The fact of the matter is that the school is a government school. And guess what!Thats right its the governments duty. And Im not saying that the government is entitled to pay for every thing that goes wrong in the school . But things that cannot be helped like the rust on the windows causing to break due to corrosion from the sea blast, things like these are things which the government has to attend to!
this is so true I am a member of the first graduation class of 2006,2007. I actually spend 1 year at the school. The windows just say the overall school needed to be maintain before it was open in 2006. Just Imagine desks and tables had to be tranfered to NEC by students such as myself at the time. Back then when the school population was a lot smaller, there was not enougth desk & tables to support the first set of student in my time. Logically if the goverment impliment universal secondary education program. Automatically you expect there to be a crisis @ the school. Take heed at the time i was a sience student @ the time we did not have proper lab equipments and fixtures to support our researh for cxc assessments so what you pple talking about huh. So PLease stop the gutter politics be realistic. This has nothing to do with politics. We are talking about the well being of our future leaders the conditions that the students are facing now are not off their own doing certain will occure at any school. Im not, at any school there will be vandalism however you can not sit on your butts and blame young children under the age of 10-18 for the up- keep of a national educational institution. The magement Team can only perform there duties within their ability and within their financail budget. JUST TO MENTION THE SCHOOL IS NOT COMPLETED IT WAS PREMATURELY OPENED IF YOU HEART LESS PEOPLE WITH NO REASON NO COMMON SENCE PLEASE COME TO NEC TAKE A LOOK INVESTIGATE ANALYSE THE DAMAGE.. 1 YOU WILL PROVE THAT THE BROKEN WINDOW WERE NOT DAMAGED BY THE INNOCENT CHILDREN ..2 THAT SCHOOL WAS NOT COMPLETED..3 THAT THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE MAINTAIN AND EQUIPED PROPERLY TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM THE KALINAGO VILLAGE TO BENSE VILLAGE. Please i beg of you dont mix politic with a national crisis with one our educational institution. This School serve the entire northeast which includes the biggest parish in Dominica. So imaging the # of student who are faced with a major disadvantage. The people of the northeast should not have to protest to get the attention of the government especailly the ministry of education this should not have reach this stage.
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how can teachers work inthis condition they to should go on strike
i am not supprised that the school is in that condition because everything is for portsmouth or vielle case…
your comment is rubbish …. Your must be seeing and hearing only blue..narrow minded dominican.
but wait a minute!who broke the windows so?i dont believe its the goverment.just saying……
Somebody make a call to China and papa Chevez please, shame on you PM and DLP
That’s the next level Gloria told us that we eed to vote her for proper repsentitive , s my people tell me are you all satified with your M P, just look at what she did leave our A&&&&&&&& and go Roseau, canefield to live so take that know she loosing grounds and you know Skerrit dont like that so h will show up oon mark my words, some of the passport money will show up now.
I think that the government should repair the school because children should not be in these conditions. But after the repairs are made i also believe that if any child or teacher is caught destroying or believe to cause damage to the school they should be made to pay for it and if the parents refuse legal action should be taken against them.
Did a hurricane pass up there recently?
Ignorance is really a sin and alot of you posting have commited a big sin . The facts are this school took like close to ten years to complete . By the time it was completed the windows were already falling down , the cheap chinese window . DAs the trinidadians why they never finish the school . THe desk and chairs from old st. andrews were transported across . I can give a long history of that school but its ok . Imagine the staff room is a hazard with only one entrance which is still the exit imagine taht in 2011. the plyboard seen is a patch after some storm passed cant even remember which one . Thats the fact .ASk the powers taht be whether there is a covering for the auditorium on the port for years , Ask the last contractor why the school cant open officially . I will stop there , i am upset.
PSS PARENTS ITS TIME TO STRIKE TOO. YEARS NOW OUR STUDENTS FAILING THEIR SCIENCES AT CXC BECAUSE WE THE SCHOOL DOESN’T HAVE A SCIENCE LAB.
STRIKE I SAY!!111
i thought it was a tropical storm that did these damages,but i am reading comments of vandalizing,nonetheless even if the government should renovate the school,that’s a shame on the community,the head principle should have taken some kind of action against the misfits in the school that are committing these acts of vandalism,he or she has an obligation to protect child and school property,even if he or she have to bring in security or school monitors,these principle do not seem to push agendas for the furtherance of their school and community.
I may be mistaken but isn’t this one of the NEWEST High Schools on the island. I think it was constructed as late as 2006/2007. If it is then COME ON people I’m not saying that the government cannot help out the situation but the students or whoever it is who bringing that kind of destruction to the school should be made to pay. As I recall we haven’t had any major hurricane to bring that much destruction.COME ON!!!! We blame government for everything as though is Skerrit, Ron Green, Pestina or Edison James that broke down the school like that. If the Government as them to pay for it now, they WRONG….CHOOOPSSSS!!!!!
the materials used were inferior to begin with. when the school was FIRST opened the damage had already begun.
The way the bloggers were blogging there, i thought that was student’s vandalism…Based on what i saw on the news, this is gross neglect by this wicked government,and i think all the parents of the area which the school serves should be at the school protesting..
This is a shame ..GUESS THEY ARE TOO BUSY SELLING PASSPORTS..!
Something wrong with you my dear. Why are you so biased . don’t you see from the pics that this waas vandalism. This is a relatively new school. You call the Government wicked and they just had this school built not too long ago. You all must repent of your dity tongues and making everything politics. It is persons like you hindering the development of this country with all hate filled hearts and then the young persons mirror your actions and have not respect for authority.
The Good Father is looking downon us and we will answer.
shut up
is there a gouvernment realy in dominica I can’t believe all this is happen and no one is doing nothing to slove the problem,where is the president
is this a school? I more believe is a abandoned building how can children go school in this conditions,where is the chief education officer is he sleeping tell him wake up and do his work properly,
Are some of you really implying that 700 students go to school with the intent to vandalize school property?
or even a majority of the 700 students are responsible for such destruction?
How do you teach them responsibility… by denying a comfortable learning environment?
Only the wicked will seek to keep the masses under-educated…..
Think like adults….Why should the innocent pay for the crimes of the guilty? Fix the school and employ adults in charge that will assume responsibility of the children, parents are at home, educators are at school… if educators cannot find a better means to teach responsibility than this its already a failed environment.
look at the schools in town,Grammar, Convent,SMA, St. Martin… all of them.. what type of window do you see? Exactly….strong long lasting good quality windows.. that cannot be destroyed easily.. when you have windows like what I see here.. the wind is always blowing them etc.. they cannot last long… you need the windows that open up like the little white windows you see on all the high schools around town.. the school is situated on a hill very breezy.. invest in proper windows for the school man..
I wonder whether it was the sheep and the goats in the area that damaged the windows.
Sorry but looking at the last photo…the broken window on the ground (bottom right)- affects of weathering you say? hmmm…
it was about time the parents from the north east took action… i went to that school for five years and the environment was just terrible… broken furnitures…we nevr got new furnitures when the school was opened… the school has not been officially been handed over from the government… the windows are broken, when rain falls we use to get wet and had to move our furnitures to one sside of the class so that we would stay dry… this was just horrible
yes lord
Dominicans not easy ehhhh how de PM reach in dat so wait the studenst must damage government property and it just have to be repaired over and over THE SAME DAMN PARENTS THAT TALKIN WHEN THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER DAMAGES SCHOOL STUFF AND THE LETTERS CUM HOME TO PAY FOR IT IS DEM DAT HA MORE TO SAY AN NEVER HA MONEY WANT TO PLAY MORE VEX for my part they would wet and they would sit on the ground its just sad dat peter has to pay for paul and all of all u dat on de PM back get the hell off
To all the negative people who comenting on this foolish protest which did not make any sense what so ever……. this school have been disfigured by the students, and yes some of the materials may start to loose it value but why are all blaming the Government and our dearest Prime Minister? I am a passed student of NECS and i can say wy years spent there i have seen hard work from our past Principal Mrs.Henderson who decided to band the students from going to their classes unless the school bell rings,this was very much effective and she did it because she wanted the school to be well maintained.NECS has the worst principal presently and some of the teachers are worthless, as a young person am saying that the people who have this stupid mentality should grow up and think of better ways to help their children and the PTA should start to think of ways to maintain and repair the different areas that needs it,stop depending on the Government to do everything,try helping yourselves think of activities to raise funds……….. I remember the opening of this school,all the parents were making noise that they wanted their children to go in the new school,take what allu get the school was not finished!!!!!!! if you all had waited we would have a proper school like all the others and the school would have an official opening like the rest.
Anonymous, I have encountered you in the past, the last time you suggest to me that you are an educated person, I am here to tell you now, because you can read and write, that does not make you an academically educated person, it simply indicate that you are literate; as a matter of fact to me you are simply semi-literate; beyond that you are nothing more than a joke.
I am here to tell you; you are a fool!
I would hate to know that Skerrit would appreciate the stupid comments you have made in reference to him.
If by any chance he up hold the nonsense you are talking, then he may as well appreciate all the other crap his enemy’s are talking about him; I would have to classify you as one of Skerrit’s enemy’s. You see, you are consumed in the politics of the day, the color, and the political slogan of the party, the association with the hierarchy of the party perhaps; nonetheless, it is your kind which helps in causing party’s to loose elections all due to what comes out of your stupid mouth!
If Skerritt is your beloved, you should ask your beloved to give some attention to that piece crap, that our children, the children of Wesley have to enter into tomorrow, and sit or stand there in discomfort, how then can you blame the children of Wesley for vandalism?
You are an idiot and an enemy of the nation. The condition of that School should make all of us, even the Prime Minister whom you love so much become aware that we have a serious problem in our country.
All of my primary education I obtained in the village of Wesley, I left when I was fourteen years old, today I am collage, and university educated, my academic success I owe to the Elementary School I attended in Wesley; first in a place we called School Kitchen, it was a real kitchen, then into a rented Dance Hall called Elizabeth Hall.
A new School was then built by the colonial government in the late 1950’s on the Hill next to the Methodist Church which was demolished by one of the more severe hurricane which struck Dominica in recent years. In the years I attended school in Wesley, poverty was all around us, nonetheless, we the children never attended classes under such horrible conditions.
The windows and doors were always in tact, the rain did not come in on us; never once that I can remember.
This is the twenty-first century, there is no reason that peoples children should have to tolerate this sort of situation, you are an idiot, play politics if you wish, but do not mess with my people the people of Wesley, I am going territorial now, keep your crap to yourself, and and the part of Dominica whence you came.
We do not do not appreciate your opinion about us, keep it to yourself, and the idiots in your circle. You have no name, no identity, you are an fictitious idiot, mind your business, and we the people of Wesley will deal with our problems, we are not playing politics with this one, and we are not going to entertain your crap!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
with all the hard work that wyndith did at the school why is she now sending teachers from the community to other schools and leaving the school without math teachers?
After all , where is the education minister who is wrongfully elected?
The GOVERNMENT is not INTERESTING in EDUCATION AT ALL and this protest should not be with this school only but all SCHOOL should go in SOLIDARITY with the NECS.According to an earlier comment ONE PASSPORT SALE CAN REPAIR THE SCHOOL.
GAWAYSAC.
Where is GLORIA SHILLINGFORD, she is busy in town and not looking after her constituency?
When is election she will be living in her constituency? .
I say come on something should be done to that school, the building look strong can be also use as a hurricane shelter too , there is no politics in this but since this school was constructed by the former administration, the LABOUR PARTY GOVT is not doing anything and we are talking about “ONE COMPUTER IN EVERY SCHOOL BY A CERTAIN TIME?
WE ARE WATCHING.
This Government have no interest in serving the people. They are too busy getting RICH, RISH, RISH——
Take only ONE passport money and fix the school…Matter close…
Stop that State House Rubbish and Malace and quickly repair the school for the kids…So we really need a State House? For Whom? This country is going to hell with poor and inept leadership..Passport,PWC,Schools… Too many issues the leadership need to Go!
A classic case of recklessness and vandalism on the part of those who would benefit from the entity. But of course, don’t hold me responsible for shooting myself in the foot (the head more aptly), blame Skeritt.
Seriously speaking this is just shameless when a government can be squandering so much money on a palace and the needs of the youth are so neglected.I’m not on the ground in DA but the conditions just by looking at the 3 pics are deplorable to say the least and to think the parliamentary representative is a memeber of this gonvernment. Shame on Gloria and Petter St. Jean. I clearly remember listening to calls on talk shows on Q95 for repairs to be done at the said school for some time now. This government claims to be concerned about the youth but their actions or inaction for that matter speak much louder than their words. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Well if them parents protesting for that, then grammar school parents hmmmm wake up cause that school environment not conducive to learning (OLD WING), yet still children at grammar school are still learning so really i do get the point.
tepacal dominicans
Who broke the windows?Who vandalize the school? Who’s missing out on school work?Well teachers have what they have in their heads already and parents should encourage their children,not break them down.One day away from school is already damage.Alas poor our children
AMEN TO THAT! Who’s fault. I think it’s our responsibility to take care of our own school environment.
the children is not the ones braking them in the staff room.look at the windows in the staff room is the teachers that braking them is that we want 2 say.i just live school last year one child just open a window and it stay in his hand come on they not good.
finally, someone who knows what they are talking about…people who don’t know and haven’t been to the school are making comments like they know. the windows look nice but they are fragile….not a sensible choice in the first place. the auditorium (part of which holds classrooms) is STILL covered with tarpouline!!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this school started under the UWP regime with the big interest loan from the TT Bank and the TT construction company hired to build the school?? So wouldn’t all negotiations for material, workmanship have already been worked out by the time the DLP came into power??? Who then should get the blame if there in fact was poor workmanship and materials used???
no dear, for some it would be much easier to have selective amnesia or memwe poule in locale parlance. they would even have us believe it is skerrit who personally picked the windows and not the orange company from the north.
WAIT A MINUTE
WHY HAVEN’T YOU COMMENTED ON THE PWC PROTEST THREAD AS YET. YOU’VE BEEN SO ENERGERTIC THESE DAYS PLAYING DLP SPIN DOCTOR.
IS IT UWP FAULT PWC WORKERS HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. WHY DON’T YOU ALL SEND PWC TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AT THE SCHOOL .THEY SAID THEY WANTED WORK TO DO.
WILL WAIT A MINUTE PLEASE SPEAK UP.
Yes the school was indeed started under the UWP. The plans were ‘WATERED DOWN’ by the DLP. Before the school opened, the windows were already falling off. Where was the proper authority to carryout the inspections before opening the school.
This is the condition they try to train our future leaders? This is SHAMEFUL!! I cannot beleive this…this is worse that the looks of a pig style…can u imagime when it rains and it is windy? SHAME ON OUR LEADES!!!DLP needs to GO!! Thos guys making me SICK …pls kick them ouT!!
Oh they sit in their communities destroy their schools, health centers etc, play blind to the activities of vandals, deface the walls and bathrooms graffiti and feaces and the government must give them a new face lift. Sadly this is not unique to Dominica nor the caribbean however I think people need to be more socially responsible for the things around them. See who has to suffer the very children in that community. How can a relatively new building be so deplorable?
It needs repair and anyone find vandalising the school should be fined and imprisoned, this is damn nonesense. I can see a toilet, a light bulb,here and there maybe a paint job but come on man why destroy the school?
Shut you mouth and face. Your nuisance..This is our government and not your government…Are you the government? YOur crass full,idiot and sycophant…Instead of wasting the money and pocketing it, fix the school for the children. Youe SOT!
such ignorance, and you wonder why the school is distroyed.
shut your face , would you build your house and after 10 years do no repairs on it? i wonder how often you wash your fatty.?
but u will not build ur house and deface it sup?
Wow hope you feeling better
You shut up okay, because you do not know anything about Wesley people.
I doubt that our children and families went about vandalizing that school, okay, we take our education quite seriously, Wesley has produced more medical doctors, and professionals in all walks of life than any other place in Dominica, and that includes Chemical, Electrical, and Electronics Engineers.
For your information one of the best know heart surgeon in America, is from the village of Wesley you see, relate to me and even the do nothing Gloria Dods Shillingford who is the parliamentary represented, who’s purpose no longer serves her ambition!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
By your remark, just showed us how ignorant and condescending people from Wesley are.
I know people from Wesley, and your response was no surprise to me. Most or if not all people from Wesley think that they are above other people, and if you are doing better than them they try to bring you down one way or the other. Speaking from experience.
I suppose “other place in Dominica” should have post your ancestors back to where they came from when the British bought them from the Leeward Islands when the British were trying to break our (“other place in Dominica”) French connection. Just saying.
THESE GUYS HAVE NO TIME TO LOOK AFTER SCHOOL OR THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE TOO BUSY SELLING PASSPORTS
ok parents dont be stupid. the teachers report to work so @ the end of the month they still get their monthly salary…. ur children r the ones who vandalised the property so why protest? let them face the consequences…let dem wettttt. zor tro soutiweh….
stupid foul!!!!!
de school sit up dere for seven yrs by de time children come up dere it was breaking down already and i sure if it was ur child sitting in that conditon u would have something to say.
kon moun sot la ki fair’w……
go get a life if u only know wat is happening u would not even talk dominicans thats why we behind time education come frist.give the children wat they need and all they need is comfort
I think Dominicans need to really mature in their thinking, it will surely reflect in their discourse.
How old is this building….my guess tells me that it may be 10 or less. Why would a school that is relatively new, needing such huge repairs? Are you going to sit and blame kids for that?
If you are constructing a public building, shouldn’t it be done with the view that it is impossible to dictate or assume the way one will go about making use of the facility, so all necessary caution should be taken to build the facility to withstand the test of times. This would take into consideration, the type of windows, the type of paint, other materials, the entire design should be done in such a way to ensure durability. Why would students have to be trusted to open and close windows like these every day? Those at their homes go bad, what make you think those will be treated any differently.
Have you seen the windows of St. Martin Schools and Convents etc. These are old buildings but the windows are damn strong and appropriate for a school. There are certain styles of public buildings that eliminates the use of windows totally.
I think this was a poor design, poor materials, and the government is just handling the situation poorly. We had almost 3 months of summer holidays, and they allowed the kids back in the classroom in that mess.
While poor people children are having a hard time getting an education, the state palace is under construction.
A man called Parrot that was at the head when that school and PCSS in Grand Bay were constructed. That was UWP projects and there were no objections then by all our experts. Grand Bay School is testimony. Is it dirty politics played by the residents of this particular school?
The question that needs to be asked is this : why has the PCSS which is older that the NECSS been managed better? And they face almost identical environmental conditions and challenges
Just so you Know this School structure is Some 15 years old
In case you didn’t know, this was one of the malaise that this government inherited from the UWP when they borrowed over 100 million dollars from the Trinidad bank to sewo. All you those blue there too wicked. Playing like all you cannot remember and have ‘memoire poule’!!!!
If you want to paint me in any color, feel free to do that, this will not in any way deter me from expressing my opinion.
I remember clearly that this project was initiated under the UWP, but they were not the ones who saw it to completion. Did they buy these inferior windows, are they the ones now neglecting it?
Whether it was down by Freedom or the Alliance movement, it is a problem now and the government of the day needs to pay urgent attention to it, because our children’s education should be paramount.
My kids do not go to school at NEC, so it doesn’t affect me personally but it will someday hurt the country if these young people are denied their learning.
While you sit in Wesley playing politics, if not your own child but a neighbors child was denied today of learning her ABC’s…..oh well…..I guess this does not bother you.
Get youf facts straight. Its this corrupt cabal who messed up everything.
WAIT A MINUTE
why must u behave like a DAMN DUNCE who is so brain washed that u just keep repeating things without thinking.
For your information , loans of such nature and magnitude are disburse in tranches at various stages of completion of the project.
To say workers SEWO with the money is just madness.
Moreover the question you need to ask your self is what stage the project was at when the DLP took office .
Why did the DLP admitted that the funds were availble but there were problems with the contractor.
Moreover , Upon taking office Any responsible governmnet would have sieze the project for a short while , during such time meet with the contractor along with the government engineers , have a long at whats taking place . if the governmnet found that the work is of a low standard and quality they have the right to seek a new contractor .
If they have a problem with the design then adjustment could be made. They could even recommend to use diffrent materials at that time.
Also the current administration took so long to resume work ( complete) then perhaps a lot of these material could have been ( i stand o be corrected) expose to the natural foraces causing corrision , rotting etc of the materials.
Most importantly you must aslo understand that the depreciation ( capital consumption) of a country capital (fixed assets)affects the growth ,development,standard of leaving ( see the solow model if you have that learning ability) . Thus its important for the government of the day to try to at least maintain ( though we all would prefer an increase) a certain level of its capital stock .
Its clear that in the situation at hand the government has failed at least where this school is concerned. Moreover for those of us speaking about people vanderlizing the school why not say that all school should be properly fenced with security 24/7.
i agree with you, like these things made of card board!!! so new and yet so old
The position of a school principal MUST include managing the physical conditions of the school and not only how many students passed the CXC. Creat a quality Assurance process to measure management skills.The education officer should hold him accountable for such; the minister of education should then hold the education officer accountable and finally, the voters should evaluate the ministers dedication.That a simple process.. ADVICE…use the public works dept to do routine repairs..
Do we have any passport agent in that area? Let him/her help..What about the bald headed lawyer? Where is he from? Share a little of the money. We are Dominicans too.
Use the passport money and fix the school for the children…Is not any investment we are seeing from the sale of these passports.The students need to go back to school…What happen the passport money is for one set then….
The passport money is to build house in the most priced neighborhoods and to buy lexus, driving around town all day looking for what they did not put. Behaving like they have won the lottery since Roosevelt Skerrit became PM.
hush wh gives a rats azz she is the representative closest to the school , I guess she have no monetary benefits now so be DAMNED, shame on gloria shillingford she failed Wesley n Marigot students.
BUT AGAIN A DOLLAR CAN CHANGE A MAN/wOMAN.
UWP publish the plan and lay out Ron Green Had for the School..Beat your chest Ron Green that the school in Grand bay and Castle is solid as a rock. That is the work of experience and national pride. . Gloria Shillingford shamelessly sits there and watch a school she was once principal be the centre of protest. What a shame…
those of who who ignorantly voted out the UWP..the party for the poor people are reaping what you sow. Take it like a man and shot up..Labour Power..
Just to let you know Mrs.Shillingford was never the Principal of NECS. She was the principal of St. Andrews High School. Get your facts straight. St. Andrews High school was a Methodist school.
I can see u didnt take in much from St Andrew’s. Isnt it the same school that was renamed? what is the difference? You want to get facts straight. this is the facts. the funding for that school was stretched out and used by the present regimes for other areas because wesley and marigot people voted for UWP. they foolishly punished the people of these two constituencies bringing them to their knees. Wesley yielded by voting in Gloria.. it didnot change a thing. the school remained incomplete with chinese windows and doors. So if you need to make a contribution I lay you the challenge. because I am a graduate of the St Andrew’s High School as well. Mr. edwards was and will always be my principal and role model. A true son of the soil. victimized by Skerrit and his cabal of passport selling goons.
what the NEC is right now is a waste of time compared to the plan UWP had for the area. go get yr facts..
@good2know…you seem to be a little off on the facts as well. It wasn’t a renaming of a school as you put it. A true St. Andrews High School past student would know that it was a Methodist school, private but government assisted. The current school is a Government school which was created by the joining of the students and staff of St. A. H. S and Marigot Foundation. So if you are going to say that a school was renamed you need to justify why its St. Andrews and not Marigot Foudation.
I can tell you for a fact that Marigot foundation students did not ‘transfer’ to a new st andrews. Both schools joined to create a completely new school.
Just so you know…
Man are you CRAZY!!! UWP Party for Poor???? What the hell did these guys do for any poor??? Go have your brains checked and stop smoking whatever you’re taking there!!!!!
yes he plan it but who in power now?????? how dumb can u be……
ALLU SEE!! WHILE OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE OF DOMINICA SUFFERING THE BIG HEAD MAN SKEROOO WASTING MONEY TO BUILD A STATEHOUSE!!! AND THE THING NOT EVEN BIG FOR THAT! THEY COULD MAKE A DECENT SIZE STATEHOUSE UNDER 5,000,000.00…..
u ppl have not realized that those dlp ppl dont care a reats tail bout eudcation for poor ppl…. peter pepper himself not even an educated man!!! so how would he kn d value of education… ppl of NECS keep on makin blood from stone…
We have a few schools that are publicly owned…Universal Secondary Schools..Some of the children will only do mischief,,,Some cannot read or write, but they can destroy. Some of you all don’t know anything so…….
THAT’S ALL I AM SAYING….Good move by the PTA…. I LIKE THAT
Bad material for any school…Children will always vandalize even when they know teachers and other students are spying…Good move by the PTA…That’s the only way this cabal and rogue government listen to the people…They should go sell passports in Dubai to repair it now.
I wonder how much of you all attended North East Comprehensive to even speak i am a first year Graduate from that School yes the one that up to today Using the Name of St Andrews High to Do CXC Exams and if my memory serves me right , it was this same school that had broken windows and hinges that were basically seized and most were even falling out, and yes it was at this same school that an education Official told my Graduating class that the Roof of the auditorium was gonna be covered in Due Course -hhmmm i wonder where that Promise went, it was also at this same school that Furniture which Belonged to the Old Marigot Secondary School and St Andrews high were Retained for use some of which were never Good Anyway, yes and this is the same School that our Ample theater style Auditorium was left incomplete without water electricity and Roof Covering and not to mention No Toilet Facility, i think too it was at this same school that the walkway from the Staff room was incomplete and recall once teacher Using umbrellas and because of how heavy rain was still getting wet we Got the bitter side of a war pill Between the Government which Fought a Church for a School, we got a School where students were getting ill for a failure of Officials to Cover that walk way and other areas where Mass Mosquito Nest Could be Found, we got a school where the students Who were Claustrophobic had to endure serious hardships in one or Two class rooms that were totally sealed off at the window because it was seased the school is above the sea No one Considers this ,what i read here from some of you is utter Rubbish at some point student have no choice than to Try to open a window to breath fresh Air and if all theses years of Begging (5) to be exact and nothing was Done i wonder the thing is u all sit wherever yo are make these comments Having never Visited or Being to the area, can you all at least ask a past Student –the fact is the story is Unending and am sure you all heard Edison James speak on this matter Before Begging for something to be done Even after our Own ceremony there in 07 after which they had literally stopped the school Board from Inviting him to Address Grad Ceremonies yes the students on one of the points does have to take care of — but of what of something that dont exist NECS AS WE CALL HERE IS NOTHING OF A MERE PHANTOM IT HAS NEVER EXISTED EITHER LEGALLY OR AS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAD THESE AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES —GET EDUCATED ON THEM BEFORE COMING UP WITH THESE SILLY COMMENTS
I feel your pain, but trying to read what you wrote was also painful. You’re a NECS graduate, so please make your Alma Mater proud. If you want to bring a point across, you need to take your time writing down your thoughts. I realze you’re angry at the system, but yet still…..
Thanks but when you are stealing your Boss time that is not possible.
Am looking at that last picture and am surprised that this air condion Unit is even still there exact location it was years ago but i am appauled that it has not weathered too much i wonder who we blame for this as am sure it was there when i was and in the same condition (it never worked). and for those who did not know the Northeast Comprehensive school started in 99 –2000 if my memory is right it was haulted by the return to office of the DLP Government work was done re Tiling and painting in a rush attempt to Close the Methodist Managed St Andrews High to prevent the Forward Movement of the Institution Under its First Adventist Principal—-RF —yes thats what you are Reading some top order Methodist Woman went into Bed with the DLP Regime to cause this to happen, up to today its still sour for that Church cause the old lands of st Andrews are there and yet they have no use for it—someone says its what power does
I’m in total agreement with the above comment, it is indeed shameful and things have gone from bad to worse, the NECS they speak of never was, and from the looks of things it has never changed. So much politics going on and the real challenges that we face is never addressed.Kudos to the PTA , hopefully something will be done promptly , then again in the government system. Some things never change
SHAME
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MASH UP ALLU SCHOOL
VANDALIZE IT
JEORPARDIZE ALLU EDUCATION AND FUTURE AND THAT OF ALLLU CHILDREN
AND WNAT ELSE BLAIM SKERRRIT
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN
GOVERNMENT BUILD ALLU A GOOD SCHOOL
SHOW PRIDE AND SHOW RESPECT
STOP PLAYING POLITRICKS WITH OUR KIDS FUTURE
TRUST ME WE PLAYING WITH DEVELOPEMENT SHAME SHAME SHAME
GO BACK TO SCHOOOL
Sell a passport and repair the school for the students..they seeked an audience with you all,and it was no hope…SELL A PASSPORT AND REPAIR THE SCHOOL!
You should be ashame to make such a statement, our Gov’t have money to do all sort of crap, why not spent some on our children’s education. I am embarrass to see the condition of the school and I know for a fact that this has been the case for a very long time now.
ALLU KNOW WHAT ALLU AINT GOT TO SIT IN A CLASSROOM AND WHEN RAIN START TO FALL HAVE TO GO AND SQUEEZE UP IN A CORNER NER AND HOW MANY POOLS OF WATER YOU CAN FIND IN THEM CLASSROOM.. NOT ALLU THAT HAVE TO GET WET WHEN GOING UP TO YOUR CLASS ROOM WHEN RAIN FALLING BECAUSE THE WALK WAY AINT DONE IS US. WHAT ALLU HAVE TO DO IS COME AND SIT DOWN IN A CLASS ROOM WHEN RAIN SERIOUSLY FALLING THAT WHAT ALLU HAVE TO DO AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. TRUTHFULLY WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL (AND AM STILL IN SCHOOL MY LAST YEAR) THE SCHOOL WAS JUST THE WAY IT IS. SO BEFORE SOME OF ALLLU PEOPLE START TO TALK FIND OUT WHAT WE CHILDREN HAVE TO GO THROUGH OVER DERE WITH THAT SCHOOL THAT GETTING ALL THAT SEA BREEEZE.
the material is the issue u buy cheap, it wont last i do hope those wont be the windows at the new state college buildings else the same thing will happen
From what I see the windows are very inferior and weathering can take a toll.
Am I hearing comments lambasting the children in the school?
What a way to look at social and educational problems!
I certainly hope that these issues are addressed and not put in a partisan box
Almost certain 2 out of every 5 children own a BB.
so what that have to do with that
I think that the Gov. should fix this immediately however the teachers and students should be charged in the future for breaking school property.
FOOL THE SCHOOL WAS ALREADY DAMAGED , THUS THE PROTEST IS BEING HELD! THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS ARE NOT THE ONE’S WHO BROKE THE WINDOWS!! THE CHEAP WINDOWS IN A VIOLENT WEATHER ENVIRONMENT!
Just so you know before students stepped foot on that “new” property it was already damaged and incomplete. Teachers and students are not necessarily responsible for those damages…not one bit. When you not sure what is the issue hold your tongue , you are not in any position to talk!
Good for them..Kudos!.
I applaud this move..I hope this will be the start of something big, and will spread throughout the Country….
We need to wake up,wise up, and stand up for Country,People, and principles…It is about time…..The blatant neglect of the People by those in authority must stop.
All the best to all.
REBEL!!!.
ok come on people… take a good look at the windows.. you expect a 17 year old to just go take a piece of wood and start hitting the window… or just pull it out…. look at it closely… the shades or whatever they call that part of the window is just completey destroyed… this was not the proper window to purchase for this school…the government need to invest in better quality widows for the school.. They don’t want to spend because is north east… it ok… the eyes are watching…
it is sad to see such a beautiful building like that with windows like that, if that school was recently built there is no reason the windows should be like that, if it was taken care of by students and teachers maybe it would not be in such condition. i also want to say the attitude of some teachers and students are so questionable that it is not funny. my people are loosing the good values that we once had in Dominica and this is a result of it. A school is an institution for learning and students must be there for that reason. the poor mentality of some D/cans is starting to have an effect on alot of thing, they blame government for everything and don’t do anything to help there environment, D.A is our own not the government only because they come and go but we all remain D/cans. the government also can be blamed for not having a mentainance person in every school that also will create employment.
“Voice” before you insult persons on this forum. Listen if the windows are in that state as in the pic, then water must come in through the windows. Who is dumb or dumber or even dumbest now? Before you talk and insult, go help them fix the hinges. Make your self useful for once.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Most of you know nothing but except the fact of your ignorance. It is adviseable to read and educate yourself before posting comments. The world is watching Dominica. Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. Stand up and take Dominica to a higher level.I am in solidarity with the PTA. God Bless the society of the North East, you guys have got to lead the blind men and women of the nation. It is the Government responsibility to build and repair schools.
well for my parent i am a student of the north east comprehensive school and first of all what i have to say is that the school not yet bless and second of all how can people put plastic material especially the windows.persons who keep saying that its we the children that destroying the windows,when u first enter the school the windows were already damage in the auditorium we can hardly have assembly or any other activities when rain falls,in the class room is the same to.when rain falls i have to place my self in a corner so i could not get wet.
BUT REALLY AND TRULY WE NEED TO FIX THE SCHOOL AND BLESS THE SCHOOL. as we say at nec!!!! i am necs are u, we need to keep it right
What if those responsible for damaging the school graduated or already left school, should the new commers suffer?
They are suppose to pay for ANY furniture damaged by they themselves and alot of parents DONT give them the money or pay for it themselves, so wat should be done? sometimes we have to feel how it is when we dont take care of what we have. Some of us are to wicked.
So what are you saying, that parents must find money to pay for repairs of a government building that was poorly and inferiorly constructed in the first place and then these same parents must go to work to pay huge taxes on the loan the government maliciously took out to construct the 27 million dollars malice for God knows who?
It appears that Dominicans committed a big crime and they are paying for it in every possible way.
Take that and more Wesley people.
No offense but this is ignorant way of thinking is what plagues the “north east” as you all call yourselves. You people just expect everything to be fixed upnon demand not taking into consideration that is your children are the ones who damaged it. Someone stated that what do you do when your child breaks your chair? Punish them, teach them the value of money, make them work to repair it. Therefore the same principle should be applied, organize raffles, car washes, sponsor sheets and geti it done. By allowing your children to stay away from school what does that help? Who do you think it hurts more? Your own children… jeezzzz… instead of showing them your ignorant mentality and including politics into it, use it as a lesson, that the only way to go forward is to help yourself sometimes.
SS you such a fool .. the school is the government responsibility not the students.
You make no sense to me, get more info about the school before you write such garbage.
The school was destroyed by the students. Other conditions may not be their fault but parents let or teach your kids to be more responsible. Teach them how to take care of the institution to which they go to learn each day. STOP blaming others for the mischievous acts of your very own kids. POLITICS IS PLAYING A GREAT ROLE IN THAT PROTEST.
I guess you would know… Let me ask you…you saw when the students climbed unto the roof of the auditorium and tore it down, and the replace it with tarpouline? And remember when they mischievously broke the covering for the walk way? And don’t forget the windows in the staffroom…
You probably have no idea what I am talking about… but I guess that won’t keep you from having an opinion.
Fully agree with Lisad and others – but do you know the PTA has sought to address the school problems with the ministry of education and the minister of education on more than three occasions only to be given the runaround. Or worst plain out being ignored. The picture posted on DNO only relates one part of the problem at the school.
Do you know that the school is still doing CXC exams under St. Andrews High School? The recent Graduated went into this school (North East Comprehensive School) in form 1 but their CXC certificate says St. Andrews High School – is that right?
The Classes in the auditorium are constantly disrupted or canceled when it rains – Can we blame the children? The School was never completed.
Except for the furniture in the staff room – there haven’t been any new furniture bought for that school. The present furniture were taken from St. Andrews high and Foundation High. Additional used furniture was added after Castle Bruce and some other school was outfitted with new furniture. Basically Hand-Me-Down!
Oh! And most of the patch/quick fix work done on the building was bankrolled by the school funds.
Please let’s not play games with this or point fingers. The damage has been done – let’s rectify the problem and in the process teach our children the importance of being responsible.
For the information of others…the past principal was NOT Gloria Shillingford…it was Windith Henderson from Marigot, who is not the chief education officer for secondary school. SHE has the school in this MESS…her breakdown in discipline at the school caused that….and then you have some people teaching there who aint even qualify to do the job…(there is a whole ants nest I can open) but it might bite too many people…I will continue to monitor the situation….SHAME SHAME SHAME!
Do you write this with a clear conscience? Impossible!You are not even worthy to discuss the merit of such a woman… she is out of your league… . The’filth’ and ignorance that flows out of your mouth is evidence of that!h
@Hope…. It’s good that you recognize the merit of the woman. Now would you please kindly ask her to provide math teachers for the first formers?
The school term is almost over and while she has meritoriously transferred good teachers out of the school she might have forgotten to replace them. Thanks so much…
u people dont no wat is goin on at the school so u should not cast remarks like that ,i am a parent of a student there so i no, and to my knowledge the earthquakes had something to da with the windows being in that condition, so stop blaming the students, when de government no is inferia materials an windows the school got.
PARENTS HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE THE SCHOOL IS SOON TO BE RENOVATED.
you people have no idea wat the rain does do to us . if it was allu children that was goin a different school and that happen to them allu would have done the same thing .so is best you pessimists hush your mouths if you have nothing good to say thank very much
Those old wooden windows meme don’t look very durable for all the rain we got this year…if they had been better quality it would have lasted longer..maybe old chinese reject…who vex lost..fix those children school for them parents will make their contribution too I’m sure!!!
I wonder who or what caused such damage. Could it have been some of the students themselves?
Surely long overdue..it was time im fully backing those actions…
Actions do bring about delivery in a island like Dominica..where the aspect of discuss has being thrown out of the window for the bling bling of a few unaccounted for $$$
Time that we used our God given brains to think rather that be timid weak and ignorant in a world which is globlaly at your finger tips…..
WHO FEELS IT KNOWS IT… they cannot blame the new students for the former students who attended north. east . comprehensive. school. people bear in mind that the school is located at the top of the hill near the sea.. the windows are not durable and government is not willing to help no matter how much we plead them to assist. so now action speaks louder “THAN MOTOR MOUTH”. and i am a 5th form student at that school.
thank you very much anxious.well said…i am currently a student at the north east comprehensive schooland i am in 2nd form, and you guys have no idea about what we go through.When the rain falls everyone has to go an squeeze up in a little corner,all the windows in the classrooom are either broken or out of the the hinges completely,but you guys have the guts to say is the children alone that mash up the school,fyi,if you didnt know,the windows are “PLASTIC”.Every classroom in the entire school gets wet when the rain falls and even when the sun is hot,there is nothing to block us from the sun.The school wasnt even officially opened or blessed and there are washrooms in the auditorium which were never used because they were never completed.It’s high time for the “government” to step up and atleast do something for our school.If you want us to learn and have a proper learning institute,fix the school if you call yourself the “government” for crying out loud!!!.
What? That’s a new school. I am ashamed of the state in which it is now. These are teenagers using this school. Why shouldn’t they be taught how to care and value their property? Common parents, organize a clean up campaign,fundraising activites and get the kids and parents to fix what they destroyed. This will teach them responsibility… common man.The home, your school, your dress should reflect who you are, Teach them that
As a student of the necs (5th form) I can say that yes these students may be as locally termed ‘Destroyers’ but in the case of the windows, that is just utter nonsense. They were made from cheap material and thus will get easily damaged at the slightest grip. I my self witnessed this when trying to open a window and the frame was left hanging in my hand. every time rain falls down there, all the classes become drenched. That is not a proper environment for learning. Something needs to be done about that!
why doe come and clean it up , is labour all of allu does vote, lobour doesnt give allu nuttin just takin allu vote and do nonsense in office
stupi politicking again. Why don’t you grow a brain and make some meanningful comment instead of this usual garbage talk? It’s really getting sickening you know.
Yet again just someone withthout even half a brain. Tell me how a 16 yr old th former going to vote labour or any other political party for that matter. And what does the political preference have to do with the fact that the school as many faults. Think before you speak. And this comming from a 5th former, LEARN!!!!
that scchool was never officially opened.Ms shillinford as the past principal should ta ke a greater interest in the school
Correction Mrs Shillingford was never principal at NECS thats to show how you all lack knowledge on our school, however as a parl rep in the area she should take more interest.
u all are missing the the point! they hsve sought an audiance with ministry official for how ever long to no avail1! when your children brake your furniture at home what do u pay them no mind?
If my children break anything through carelessness they are taught some lessons.My attitude as a parent would never be… “you break , I’ll fix, its alright”.Some children learn with tough love.
Have you guys not heard of wear and tear?
Hve you heard. Of cheap material.????
That’s exactly what I am implying. Mediocre materials plus wear and tear combined does not last very long.
seriously…i mean seriously???…big things a gwan in north east man?
The children had very little to do with the conditions of windows. try building a house and leaving it for years without use to the effects of sea breeze and see what happens to the hinges of your windows. Stop blaming the Children for what they did not cause. The government needs to step up and do something about the situation
Why should I Protest to tell my children that vandalism is the in thing and the Government will fix it! Let us be realistic = We ned to teach persons in the community to take care of waht we have since when the things are vandalised the money has to be found to reppait and which is not like saking a tree. leaves on the tree are notmoney! Yes there is wear and tear but this is onot wear and tear, This is a relateively new school and if it was in need of painting ys but not tjhose windows which can clearly see were vandalised.
AGain if it is the hinges then why can’t you all take a donation from the association and have a volunteer (I am sure you have a carpenter Father in your group)
Does everything have to be demonstration, Politics and Government?
Where is love and volunteerism gone. What are we teaching our children in this school? Are we teaching them to be independent and innovative or are we teachuing them to be always dependent on someone for every little thing. Where is the use if our inovative minds that was taught to us in years gone by?
We have mor facilities and modern thigns but I must say that we are teachign our children not to use their brains. Maybe we need to introduce mental arithmetic into our school and also to learn the time table. We have the computer and the calculator and I ust say if ther3e is no power (electricity) then no one can use their brain anymore. God bless I was born at the time I was so I could use my analytical brain without the computer and calculator. Thank God that when I use the computer, I know what to expoect so if there is an error then I know and I will not retort is the computer that do that as I often hear some persons say. We need to introduce problem solving as well.
Having said all this I do appreciate the computer and the calculator and all the other IT modern implements though.
i am a student and wen rain fall i have to move. our chairs old wen we order new chairs they take it and give to castle bruce highschool and give us their old chairs.
Why isn’t the janitor seeing and reporting the things that need to be repaired, but that is dominica, they wait until it is completely unfixable before anything is done.
stand up for your rights!
What rights??????? REad my commments about vandalism and irresponsibility. It is folks like you who create havoc and hatred and incite persons to demonstrate. Who like to see ugly. What right. Thisis arelatively new school. Vandalism must stop in this country and persons need to appreciate what they have. Period.
i agree with you a 100 and 50%. we need to take care of what we have and learn to understand that money dont grow on trees. the students are responsible for the vandilism of the windows and other property at that school. thats a brand new school and the condition it in is a total disgrace. The teachers for one dont even care because at least you spend most of your time at work and you all dont even see the children doing those stuff…come on peope it did not have to com to that. they waited when all of the windows fall off to protest. look at grandbay secoundary school that was build a long time ago and look at this NECS and the people saying is the rain and cheap materials. It could have been built with the cheapest bamboo material but they still had to take care of it. i remember once in st andrews high two boys were fighting and broke a door and they had to pay for it. that is what they should have done in the begining. so you mean to tell me the rain did that to the toilets, the desks and chairs too? i think the parents need to wake up and teach their children to learn to appreciate what they have because rain wetting them now is a consequence to their action.
you idiots think becfore u speak have u ever been to the northeast school to understand the plight that the students are faced with. is it because this school is from the northeast. i can understand that their are distructive children but for god sake they are not all the same. the government need to put measures inplace for the children to be in a comfortable setting so that they can receive quality education.
I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER DESTROYED OUR ST ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL.
Oh you undertand that “i can understand that their are distructive children but for god sake they are not all the same. the government need to put measures”
So the destructive children should be taught to respect and appreciate what they have and maybe the destructive children should be identified and have their parents pay to buyth hinges then probably tehy will learn. Why does the Government have to build a school and then :Destructive children and othe destructive persons vandalise and then the Government has to just spoend and spend and spend money that is not readily available.
Don’t you hear about the economic crisis in the World. Hve you all heard about ITaly and the other countries. We need to thank God for where we are and not be ungrateful and also be wasteful.
Sorry for the small typo errors etc. The post button was hit before I could edit.
pay to buy the hinges then probably they will learn. Why does the Government have to build a school and
The scholl was never like that….those kids are the once to b blame!!! I graduated in 09…to my memory the school was not even complete!!! As ignorant ppl will say kids will always be kids..BULL!
People think that because its a government school they can destroy it and then the government has to fix it. This is not an old school. Who is going to answer for the state in which it is?
shut your face
Voice please be respectful to Anonymous. This is the truth and why can;t some of you destrctive person hate the truth and also incite violence. The Good Lord be with you.
and also with you
@Anonymous… you should have seen the windows when the school was first ‘opened’…even before. Grant it they are worse now, but the windows themselves are ridiculously fragile.
Plus, nothing in the NEW school was new. The structure stood on that hill for a number of years…depreciating… before students entered. And they came with their old furniture from their previous schools.
So when you say “This is not an old school” and talk about destruction….bear that in mind.
No wonder our society is as it is today. While I do not believe that the Ministry of Education is without blame since they should be ensuring that matters like this does not get out of hand and reach the state of desrepair that currently exists, I am still appauled by the conduct of these parents. I mean this school is supposed to be one of the more recently constructed schools, how did it reach such a state of deterioration so quickly? Shouldn’t the parents also hold their kids responsible for damaging the school’s property and teach them to have more respectful to public infrastructure?
We all can and must do better and must put aside our petty, religious, political and other such differences if we are to move forward as a people, or else we are doomed!!
I agree with you my dear. Especially your last paragraph. You could not have said it better.
This is a relatively NEW school!!! Why is it in such a bad state already? Maybe the government and the staff should be protesting the unacceptable behaviour of the students.
The school is relatively new so.. is it that the students and teachers are destroying the property or it was not built properly? this is the case with a few of the schools in Dominica so I do not think that it is the fault of the teachers and students. In most cases when materials are given to repair the school buildings the materials get misplaced or traded for the old ones. I salute you the PTA for taking such a bold step. The pay for teachers here is one of the lowest in the Caribbean, you should be comfortable at work.
Dont we have a Housing and Planning Department? Don’t we have buildings codes in Dominica? Maybe… Just maybe …. if the planning department had done their proper inspections at the several stages of construction… (AS SHOULD BE THE CASE !) the building might not have deteriorated that quickly. Everything is left to the discretion of the builders and you know what happens. Enuf said!
I still stand and salute the PTA because where ever the cause of the problem lies it is the Students who are paying the ultimate price. And there goes the future of our country.
True say the other way around. You are right “Dominican”
Goodness….that school looks like a zoo untamed animals live in. What’s wrong with those teenagers and their parents have the nerve to help them protest? The windows did not just break by themselves …come on. Make them fix it. They want to act uncivilized and want nice things
Yes make them fix it . The pare4nts buy the hinges and the destructive sudents fix it under the Supervision of their parents. Then I am sure they will learn from this experience.
It’s not untamed animals living there . It’s a school where students attend…If you are an untamed animal say so,and tell us what kind, so we will know how to treat you…
Kids will destroy stuff they are kids, that is no excuse for not fixing them…. think of another way to stop them from breaking the windows instead of the so-called tough love excuse.
Really? Do not support bad behaviour. You would not accept that behaviour at your home.
My kids destroy stuff it is my job as an adult to prevent them from continuing this destructive behavior, I will not allow any child under my care to wallow in their own filth per se…. you as an adult should act accordingly as an adult … it is very childish to say they did this so let them deal with the consequences… they are kids its our jobs to teach them.
Stop treating kids like they are adults they are learning its best to teach them from young… I made mistakes as a kid I can look at it as an adult and figure out the means to prevent kids I am in charge of to make the same mistakes.
Is anyway fixing of a school so children can have a proper learning environment supporting bad behavior?
The problem lies within the adults employed at the school… as an adult blame the adults not the children.
Respect.
Train up a child in the way that they should and they will not depart from it. Reward them when they do good but punish them when they do those ugly things such as. Those kids shoudl be punished and who is best to do that but their parents not condone what they did and calling on Government to fix it as though that vanalism is good.
Parents you have just failed your children. You have condoned wrongdoing. So how will they learn to be responsible men and women tommorrow?
what D TEACHERS DOING WITH THE TUITION FEES???? FIX D SCHOOL
We take it to buy ice pop… Idiot!
Which child you know paying school fees to teachers?
true, but there are other issues besides the windows that need attention.
Tell those kids to take care of their schools! Those things don’t happen at CHS for example…why??? The kids know to take care of the furniture and the physical structure.
everything for all u is dam convent!
Stop your hatred of Convent. The reader just commented that this does not happen at Convent High School. Why are you a hater? Don’t you like to emulate good things? Jealousy, Hatred and envy is the fruit of the “Evil One” who wants to destroy us. Be on Guard!
Such a beautiful building is in such a state? How did it end up like that? So why protest now?
ALL U PROTESTING AND IS ALL U CHILDREN ALSELF THAT DAMAGING THE SCHOOL@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i agree
shut ur mouth u see one of those children damgae the school
You dont want them to protest.. Well use your long mouth and fix it..
U SEE ANYONE OF US MASH UP A WINDOW OR VANDERLIZE DE SKOOL
Amazing!!! This statement is well-loved! I really hope that all the people who support this statement have done so with adequate knowledge of the situation.
Windows do not mash-up themselves!!!!!!! Take care of your school!!!
SO THE CHILDREN PEEING ON THE FLOOR TO??!
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE D WATER COMING FROM?
in your face they peein
dumb dumb from the sky the water comming from
use your head
de water coming from rain use ur senses
Windows surely don’t mash-up themselves, I endust that.If we are saying that the school is about six years old,and have not even being officialy opened why should it be in such a condition? we parents need to talk to our children.The windows have been vanderlize,this school was not taken care of by the occupants, no body does so much repairs on their home after just six years.This school is younger than the Pierre Charles secondary school,and is a disgrace in comparison.I belive the PTA needs to call a meeting with the parents and children and teach them too take care of such a beautyfull facility,don’t blame the government for this one.yes they have too do their share but ease them up do you all share take care of what you have.