Concerned teachers at the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School are calling on the relevant authorities to have the school relocated from its present site to an area that is more conducive to learning.
Teachers said “enough is enough” and they are “fed-up” with the constant flooding at the institution which hinders the learning process and causes many weak and developing students to fall back on their studies. Parents also play the “blame game” when the students do not perform well in their studies.
Speaking to Stabroek News on Friday a senior teacher said that whenever there is a spring tide the schoolyard floods and the water rises to about 15 inches. She said there is also an active burial ground next to the school which poses a health risk to students and that is one of the reasons the teachers are calling for relocation.
She added that when the compound is flooded, dead animals and garbage from neighbouring Plastic City, where the
