An attack on a senior Kingston College (KC) administrator through the popular social-networking site Facebook, apparently in protest against a proposal to block underachieving boys from participating in the school’s graduation ceremony, has been roundly condemned.
Juliet Wilson, KC’s vice-principal, who had some sway in establishing graduation eligibility at the all-boy high school, had reportedly ruled that some boys – who either did not pass five Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate subjects or did not qualify in compulsory subjects such as mathematics and English in an internal exam – be deprived of the opportunity to graduate.
To press for a reversal, a Facebook page titled ‘Say No to Ms Wilson’ was created. It was reportedly littered with derisive remarks about the vice-principal.
When The Gleaner tried to visit the site last Thursday night, the page had already been removed. More
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