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(A) TO AVOID IN GENERAL ★ RECURRENCE OF A SIMILAR STATE OF
AFFAIRS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, AND
(B) TO AVOID IN PARTICULAR A RECURRENCE OF A SIMILAR STAT
AFFAIRS IN THE NEW SCHOOL TO BE OPENED AS ST THERESA SECONDARY
SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER FOR STUDENTS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN
JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL WHOSE SCHOOLING HAS BEEN DISRUPTED
BY THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL.
5. AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS IN SEPTEMBER, THERE IS A NEED TO
ADDRESS OURSELVES AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY AND URGENCY TO THE
PROBLEMS RELATED TO PARA.4(B) ABOVE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE SCHOOLING OF THESE
STUDENTS WHOSE INTEREST AND WELFARE HAVE BEEN UPPERMOST IN OUR
MINDS. THIS FORMS THE BASIS OF THIS INTERIM REPORT WHICH WE
NOW SUBMIT ONE MONTH AHEAD OF THE DEADLINE SET BY OUR TERMS OF
REFERENCE.
6. IN FORMULATING OUR PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS:
(A)
WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY GOING INTO THE QUESTION OF CULPABILITY
OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE CLOSURE
OF THE SCHOOL, OR INTO THE QUESTION OF THE PROPRIETY OF THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES, ONE FACT WHICH CLEARLY EMERGED IS THAT
THE CAUSE OF DISCONTENT STEMMED ORIGINALLY FROM THE MATTER OF
MISMANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS, AN ACT WHICH IS WITHOUT DOUBT WRONG LEGALLY AND MORALLY, AN ACT WHICH IS REGARDED UNDERSTAND ABLY BY THE STUDENTS AS ONE OF WHICH THE STUDENTS ARE THE DIREC AND INNOCENT VICTIMS, AND AN ACT WHICH LED TO SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, REGARDED BY THE STUDENTS AS RETALIATORY MEASURES AIMED AT THEM AND THE TEACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNCOVERING THE MISMANAGEMENT.
(B)
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT, FROM THE
TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973 UP TO THE UNCOVERS
OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN 1977, A HARMONIOUS ATMOSPHERE EXISTED IN THE SCHOOL, DUE LARGELY TO THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION
BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHERS AND THEIR SUCCESS AT
ACHIEVING CLOSE RAPPORT WITH THE STUDENTS.
(C) THE DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN THE SCHOOL
LED TO A SERIES OF ILL-ADVISED AND MISGUIDED ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. THE SITUATION, AGGRAVATED BY INEFFECTIVE COMMUN- ICATIONS, WAS UNFORTUNATELY ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE INTO ITS
/PRESENT STATE
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