Schools beg parents for help to pay light bills

[ray d saint]

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,99643.html

OPPOSITION Senator Mohammed Faisal Rahman yesterday claimed denominational schools must now ask for help to pay their electricity bill from parents of students.

His claim came as he spoke in the Senate debate on the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (Amendment) Bill 2009 which transfers public street-lighting from municipal councils to the control of the Government.

Defending local corporations for not paying their electricity bills as earlier alleged by Local Government Minister Hazel Manning, Rahman said the corporations are not getting enough funds from the Government to do so. He then dropped his bombshell to claim the Ministry of Education has told denominational schools to now foot their own electricity bills. “The schools have been told by the minister to ask children to ask parents for subscriptions to pay the electricity bills.â€

[crazybalhead]

Nice man. But edumacation not important anyway.

[ray d saint]

So not only you have to pay for usage in u r homes, but now in order for our kids to get a proper education, we need to now 'financially assist', of which most of us parents already do... the schools they attend to cover electricity bills...



But don't worry the Interchange/Overpass alleviating traffic so doh worry... everything nice...

[Damien]

Children going to school in the day so they dont need lights ,i say open the windows and teach them or close down all schools for a year till the recession over

[Greypatch]

tell dem dont use the as in the principal office and teachers lounge

[Damien]

tell dem dont use the ac in the principal office and teachers lounge

[ray d saint]

^^ well teachers need to be 'cool' before going to class...

[Greypatch]

what is the principal doing about it....

does he infom the pta...does he contact the school supervisor...

inform tuta to add pressure to the ministry to foot the bill or increase funding if the allocation is insufficent.

[hustla_ambition101]

Is an air conditioned classroom a necessity? A few years back only the computer room, principal's office and library of most schools had ac

[Firewall]

for that matter is an air conditioned office really necessary, or one with lights? nah man

only in the night allyuh office should put on the lights and sweat it out during the day............... or you should contribute to the electric bill.

no empathy for anybody these days boy

[streak]

This is real bullsheit ... children suffer in crowded classrooms with a small fan while teachers have the luxury of ac units in their lounge (staffroom)

[Firewall]

exactly, so why sat that air conditioned classrooms are common.

*edit**my former* primary school, no classroom/office/library was ac. just fans.

[JWT]

This is real bullsheit ... children suffer in crowded classrooms with a small fan while teachers have the luxury of ac units in their lounge (staffroom)

so why the arse you and disgruntled parents go in POS and protest conditions for your kids

reverse thinking again

[Zeriam]

heres my suggestion, take of lights in the school when the night come.

[Zeriam]

[eekipoo]

here's my suggestion, take of lights in the school when the night come.

i think this is a good idea since no one will be attending school at night they should really have the lights taken off at night. The way some schools are built when the lights are off in the day you dont really see properly. If you noticed most schools when you pass at night the lights are on, so if the lights are on at night and they also need it on in the day that means those light are rarely taken off. i would say alot of electricity being wasted there.

[Zeriam]

if the chirren naturally bright this would not be a problem...

bulb soup should be part of the school feeding program.

[Aaron 2NR]

buh ent the ministry supposed to provide money to school to pay for these things...

dont blame the teachers for the problem...

Hazel and company spranging all the money....

i now understand why the minister of education driving a




hazel talking a pack ah sheit bout not gettin funding to pay bills....

[Maserati]

This is real bullsheit ... children suffer in crowded classrooms with a small fan while teachers have the luxury of ac units in their lounge (staffroom)

so why the arse you and disgruntled parents go in POS and protest conditions for your kids

reverse thinking again

X2

men vexing that SOME members of the faculty have a/c
wham they not people too? they don't deserve some decent working conditions, being a teacher is one of the most stressful jobs.

[Damien]

Teachers are criminals

[adri 2nr]

This is real bullsheit ... children suffer in crowded classrooms with a small fan while teachers have the luxury of ac units in their lounge (staffroom)

so why the arse you and disgruntled parents go in POS and protest conditions for your kids

reverse thinking again

X2

men vexing that SOME members of the faculty have a/c
wham they not people too? they don't deserve some decent working conditions, being a teacher is one of the most stressful jobs.

I agree, What should happen is Government Ministers should lead by example, but the PM thinks his work load increase now and its not right to take a pay cut...but you average citizens must tighten your belts while he lives in a Palace built by tax payers dollars and purchase luxury fleet of vehicles

[X_Factor]

This is real bullsheit ... children suffer in crowded classrooms with a small fan while teachers have the luxury of ac units in their lounge (staffroom)

btw, the teachers staff room/longue is a/c rite...exactly how much time does the teacher spend in these places again?...lunchtime, maybe before school, during break time?

im pretty sure the teachers dont teach the pupils in the same classroom under the same circumstances?...they teach them from their a/c'ed lounge...rite..i forgot..

i doubt a little portion of the summit $$ could have solved all this ent?
maybe a little part of the cost for the vehicles?

[hustla_ambition101]

How come denominational schools always crying for money

[X_Factor]

shouldnt they cry?
they do get the better results than the government schools dont they?

[Aaron 2NR]

^ no they dont...they only get a small percentage from the government