By Breaking Belize News Staff: A group of concerned parents is calling on the administration of Raymond Sheppard Nazarene Primary School in Roaring Creek Village to reconsider its morning drop-off policy, arguing that children who arrive before 7:30 a.m. are being left outside the school compound without supervision.
The concern was raised in a letter sent to Breaking Belize News on Friday morning. According to the parents, the school recently circulated a notice advising that the gate will remain closed until 7:30 a.m., with the school bell reportedly ringing at 8:00 a.m. The notice lists the official drop-off time as 7:30 a.m. and pickup between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m.
The parents say the arrangement creates difficulties for those who must report to work early and have little choice but to drop their children off between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m.
One parent alleged that on Thursday morning several children were waiting outside when a teacher arrived, opened the gate to allow herself and her own children onto the compound, and then locked the gate again, leaving the other students outside.
“This raises a serious question: Who is responsible for the children who arrive before 7:30 AM? What happens if something happens to a child while they are waiting outside the locked school gate?” the parents wrote.
They are asking the school to consider opening the gate at 7:00 a.m. or establishing a safe, supervised area where students who arrive early can wait.
“Children should not be left outside a locked school gate without supervision. Their safety should always be the priority,” the letter stated.
Raymond Sheppard Nazarene Primary is a government-aided primary school located in Roaring Creek Village, Cayo District, according to the Ministry of Education’s school directory.
BBN has not independently verified the allegation involving the teacher, and no response from the school administration was immediately available.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: A group of concerned parents is calling on the administration of Raymond Sheppard Nazarene Primary School in Roaring Creek Village to reconsider its morning drop-off policy, arguing that children who arrive before 7:30 a.m. are being left outside the school compound without supervision. The concern was raised in a letter
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