Last Tuesday at midday a few women assembled in front of the Bishops’ High School calling for the removal of the school’s head Winifred Ellis. It was one day after an audio recording of Ellis, apparently addressing female students of the school during assembly, was publicly shared. In the recording she accused the students of being “slack” and “loose” in their conduct and admonished them for not standing and defending an alleged sexual predator who has taught at the school for years.
Business and Economics teacher Coen Jackson, accused of sexual grooming and entering into relationships with female students, has been sent on administrative leave as the Ministry of Education investigates the allegations.
I spoke to some of the few women who braved the midday sun to hold placards and call for Ellis’s removal and for Jackson to be investigated and charged.
