The gates to the May Pen Primary School in Clarendon were padlocked on Monday morning and placards tied to it as anger about several unresolved issues at the institution were brought to the forefront.
The police, who were notified about the incident about 5:00 a.m., later removed the padlocks, allowing access to the school.
No one was there to claim responsibility; however, the protest is believed to be the result of a conflict among the staff, principal and parents.
Fitz Mattis, Chairman of May Pen Primary, said the issues are being resolved internally and a meeting is scheduled for Wednesday with the Ministry of Education’s Regional Office.
“There have been many complaints about the principal’s approach and how he actually interacts with particular numbers of teachers and we have been having the discussion and trying to find some resolution to the issue,” he told RJR News.
Meanwhile, Natalie Spencer Simpson, May Pen Primary Parent Teacher Association President, acknowledged that one of the reasons for the protest was the need for repairs in a classroom that had been leaking.
However, she lamented that the concerns were not raised in the “proper channel” and that more of the issues were not brought to her attention before the protest.