Pupils at the Sisters Village Nursery School at Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara were forced to return home yesterday after major leaks in the roof forced the suspension of classes.
Parents said the roof has been leaking for the past three years, but yesterday was the first time pupils were sent home as the entire school leaked and it was “overbearing”. Up to mid-day yesterday, no official from the Ministry of Education had visited the school even though this newspaper was told that regional officials had been notified. Efforts by this newspaper to contact Education Officer for Region Three, Marlyn Jones-O’Donaghue were futile. Another senior education official at Region Three said she did not deal with such matters and this was the remit of Jones-O’Donaghue.
One hundred and twenty-five pupils attend the school. Several parents, who did not want their names published, said at the school yesterday that the roof has leaked for the past three years. “This is a dry-weather school,” one parent