MHS vandalised for 5th time in recent years

Classes at the Mackenzie High School (MHS) in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) were forced into a two-day recess last week, following the surprising discovery of graffiti on the walls of the classrooms.
Officials of the school were alarmed after turning up on Wednesday to find the walls of several classrooms defaced with spray paint. A meeting was later held with parents and school officials.
Parent-Teacher’s Association (PTA) Chairman Dawn Barker said the body was “fed up” of the situation and was presently working in collaboration with the Region 10 Department of Education to address the matter.
She said too that the Association also needed the help of the public as she pleaded with members of the community to keep a watchful eye on the school’s environs.
Barker opined that the security attached to the school was incapable of protecting the premises against such acts.
The PTA Chairman reminded that this was the fifth time that such an act was committed at the school in recent times.
“We’re paying for security and yet still this is happening. I am fed up of the situation and this is the fifth time that this has happened,” the Chairman stressed.
According to reports, a canteen located inside the school’s compound was also burglarised. Back in 2013, 2012 and 2011, the walls of the MHS were defaced in similar fashion.