Principal recommends increase in text book prices at ESHS!
Ms. Amey told the members present at the SFC deliberations that the books ordered by ESHS, specifically for its student population, were sold 60 percent lower than its actual cost, which resulted in students, and parents from other schools and other islands purchasing the books.
The Principal stated that it is very difficult to differentiate among the parents and which child they were purchasing the books for.
“The books were not always purchased by the students and if there were more parental involvement, the school would be able to better identify parents to their respective child(ren).”
Principal Amey gave an example, stating that if a relative comes to purchase books on behalf of a parent that could not come, it would be very difficult to deny the purchase of books.
Senior Administration Officer of the Elmore Stoutt High School, Pete Smith, told the SFC members that because the books sold at ESHS were 60 percent below their actual cost, word spread that ESHS have the cheapest books.
He stated that even if there was an identification system in place, an ESHS student can still buy the book(s) for someone who is not an ESHS student. “It is difficult to differentiate who should and should not be buying books.”
Representative for the Eighth District Hon. Marlon Penn stated that a system must be developed, because the government cannot continue to subsidize books at 60 percent.
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