ACS holds townhall to address concerns about move to Tengah
SINGAPORE – About 250 to 300 parents and Anglo-Chinese School alumni attended a townhall session on Wednesday evening, held to address concerns aboutQuestions ranged from whether the school’s move would mean fewer places for their sons, and if the school’s character would change when it starts to take in girls. Some ACS alumni asked if they could get alumni priority for their children to enrol in ACS – which is nearby, in Newton – if they did not want to travel to Tengah.
Speaking to the media after the townhall, Mr Richard Seow, chairman of ACS’ board of governors, said: “I think some people wanted to have single-sex schools. We basically told them that to get to Tengah, we needed to address the needs for Tengah, which are for co-ed schools. And that was part of the agreement with the Ministry of Education that we would actually go co-ed.
Mr Lock Wai Han, president of the ACS Old Boys’ Association, said: “We’ve come a long way from 13 boys to a 10,000-strong student population. This ACS spirit will not change over the next couple of years simply because we’re moving to a new location or bringing more girls into the school.” “We are already creating more places for alumni by introducing female students into the school. This will benefit a large population of alumni.
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