Aberdeen High postpones sports day after boisterous students protest
Published:Monday | February 4, 2019 | 12:00 AM
Danae Hyman, Online Reporter
The acting principal of the Aberdeen High School in St Elizabeth has declined to comment on two days of protest at the school by students upset about the postponement of their annual sports day.
However, in a memo to staff members, a copy of which has been obtained by The Gleaner, acting principal Nelissa Ashley-Brooks said the move was aimed at enforcing discipline.
"We seek to be a school of choice and we must work as one unit to dismantle the core of indiscipline," she said.
According to a teacher, students began behaving boisterously on Thursday after they were advised to wear their uniforms to Sports Day on Friday and to take along other clothes in which to compete.
The principal had reportedly explained that this was because the teams gear had not arrived in time.
Students later blocked the gates to the school using wood, tires and other debris causing the acting principal to postpone the sporting activity.
It is understood that with the announcement of the postponement of sports day, only about a third of the school population reported for classes.
School board chairman Audie Myers has also declined to comment on the protest.
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