ONE OF three Grade 11 students who caused over $200,000 worth of damage to the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, pleaded guilty yesterday and is to return to court on June 23 for sentencing.
The three male students were each offered bail in the sum of $50,000 by Senior Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle. The trial of the two who pleaded not guilty begin on June 23 in the Corporate Area Criminal Court.
Allegations are that on May 18, the teenage boys were told by the school's principal, Monica Schroeter, that they would not be graduating this year because of their indiscipline.
Reports are that after the brief meeting with the principal, the boys went to several classrooms and vandalised 40 combination chairs, 36 fluorescent bulbs, three fluorescent lamps, two teachers' desk and one bookshelf. It is further alleged that the students proceeded to slash the tyres of motor vehicles belonging to the principal and a teacher.
On Tuesday, police from the Kingston Central Division rushed to the school, following a mass demonstration by students in support of the school's administration. The disturbance began just after the morning shift had ended.
