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10. APART FROM THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE OF MINIMISING EXISTING

CONFLICTS, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE A NEW ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH EXISTED IN THE PRECIOUS

BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ITS EARLIER YEARS COULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED. GIVEN PROPER GUIDANCE AND SUPERVISION, CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS TEACHING AND LEARNING

COULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.

11. FINALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TWO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS,

WHICH, WE BELIEVE, SHOULD GO SOME WAY TOWARDS REDUCING PREVAILING

TENSION AND DISTRUST. FIRST, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WITH WHATEVER HELP THE PRECIOUS BLOOD CONGREGATION MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE,

SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO MAKE PUBLIC HIS FINDINGS OF THE FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT WHICH OCCURRED AT THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL. SECOND, IN VIEW OF THE CONFUSION THAT EXISTS IN THE MINDS OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CLARIFICATION IS NECESSARY WITH REGARD TO THE FOLLOWING:

(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ST. TERESA SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS

NECESSITATED BY A CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP AS A RESULT OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD CONGREGATION'S INTENTION, EXPRESSED AS EARLY AS APRIL 1977, TO RELINQUISH SPONSORSHIP OF THE SCHOOL, WHICH

FACT UNFORTUNATELY HAS NEVER BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED: AND

(B) THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP

LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW ST. TERESA SECONDARY- SCHOOL, THOUGH ANNOUNCED AT THE SAME TIME, AND WERE TWO RELATED ISSUES, WERE BASED ON SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS,

12. WE HOPE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE NOW MAKE IN THIS INTERIM REPORT WILL BE OF HELP TO YOUR EXCELLENCY, PENDING OUR FINAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED IN DUE COURSE. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FORMULATED AFTER EXAMINING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF OPTIONS

AND WE ARE AMPLY SATISFIED THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION AND VIEWS FROM A MORE THAN ADEQUATELY REPRESENTATIVE RANGE OF PERSONS INVOLVED TO MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS.

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