RETREAT ESTATE--Rat droppings on school tables, chairs and toys; rainwater flooding classrooms; stagnant water in the yard; and defective windows are among the many concerns of Ruby Labega School's Parent Teachers Association (PTA).
PTA President Shanna Cornet called a press conference on Monday to highlight some of the school's pressing concerns.
Cornet said teachers had been finding and cleaning rat droppings from classroom tables, chairs, school materials and toys used by four- and five-year-olds in a kindergarten classroom for some time now. A teacher killed a rat in one of the kindergarten classrooms last week Friday. Classes were held in the school yard on that day, as the young pupils were afraid to use the classroom after the rat was caught.
Cornet said it appeared as though the rats accessed the classroom through a defective window. She said a representative of the Health Department had visited the school last week Friday and had walked around the compound to see the problems. Rat poison was placed around the schoolyard subsequently, but the defective window still needs to be fixed, she said.
Another of the PTA's concerns is the constant flooding of some classrooms whenever it rains. The PTA president said the school lacked a proper drainage system for rainwater to run off and, as a result, water seeped into some of the classroom whenever it rained. She said this had been brought to the attention of authorities, but to no avail.
She said stagnant water often covered a walkway used by pupils to go from one room to another.
Overgrown vegetation in some parts of the school compound was listed as another concern. At one point the husband of one of the school's teachers had to cut the vegetation.
Cornet said too that several classroom windows were defective. The fan in the school's multipurpose room, which is used for exams and assembly, is not functioning resulting in the multipurpose room being very hot when in use.
The deteriorated road leading to school also was cited as an issue that slowed traffic and resulted in sometimes dangerous situations. Cornet would like authorities to give the school some attention by addressing the issues affecting it in the best interest of education.
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