One 12 year-old SEA student attached to the Buccoo Government Primary School will on Tuesday not be graduating with his other classmates as he has been debarred from doing so. The child's mother Sheron Forrester spoke with TV6'S Elizabeth Williams about her concerns.
00:00I've been here since 2009. I have a registered business. I am not no illegal person and to feel as if I've been treated in this kind of way is just giving victimization.
00:11Ms. Forrester told the TV6 News she did all she could do to negotiate with the school to have her son graduate with his friends,
00:20and later she was told by a teacher at the school he would not be facilitated.
00:25And she said to me, Mommy, your son will not be able to do the graduation. He cannot do the graduation. So I said, Miss, why? Mommy, I tried, but no.
00:38She said previously her family was not going to be in the country due to a family emergency, but since the family emergency was canceled,
00:46she approached the school indicating the availability of her son to physically graduate.
00:52She missed the first installment for payment, but was available to the school for the second installation of payment as other students for her son to graduate.
01:03Ms. Forrester said she was even willing to buy her son's gown and hat at her expense, but this, too, was denied by the school.
01:11I was never given a price or a chance to say, OK, Mommy, pay this or whatever. This is what he can do. I was never given that chance.
01:20TV6 News contacted officials of the Division of Education on the matter.
01:24They said they were already aware of the case involving the 12-year-old child.
01:29They stated that the school would be contacted and the matter looked into further.
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