By: Emmanuel Tarpeh Quiah=Maryland County
The Maryland County Accountability and Advocacy Group (CAAT) has convened a residents’ engagement session in Pula City, District #1, exposing the alarming state of the city’s solely public college the place kids proceed to be taught beneath life-threatening circumstances. The gathering took positioned on Friday, September 19, 2025.
With no formal city corridor, the session befell beneath timber, an emblem of lack of infrastructure that extends to the varsity itself. Residents described the varsity which serves Early Childhood Growth (ECD) by means of Junior Excessive, as a “demise entice” for college students and academics alike.
The ECD constructing is reportedly on the breaking point, with widening cracks and structural failure imminent.
Mother and father concern that heavy rains may carry the construction down whereas kids are inside. The Elementary and Junior Excessive sections are additionally unsafe: damaged roofs leak throughout rains, soaking school rooms and forcing classes to halt. “On wet days, it’s inconceivable to show correctly. Water floods the rooms, and youngsters are compelled to keep away from the moist flooring,” one instructor lamented.
The disaster extends to the unfinished Academics’ Quarters, the place educators are compelled to reside in deplorable circumstances. The scenario of the varsity’s solely feminine instructor, Mrs. Annie Clark, was singled out as dire. She sleeps on a makeshift mattress of sticks inside the unfinished construction. “It’s not simply uncomfortable however unsafe. “I’ve no privateness and it’s tough to remain motivated to show in such circumstances,” she stated.
Residents expressed outrage over what they see as years of neglect by their leaders, notably Maryland County Senator James Biney, who as soon as represented the district and the present District #1 Consultant, P. Mike Jury.
Neighborhood members accused each males of creating marketing campaign guarantees for higher faculties, roads, and providers however failing to ship. “We won’t keep silent till our youngsters can go to highschool with out concern of the roof falling on their heads,” a mom declared.
The CAAT group ended the session by demanding swift intervention from Senator Biney and Consultant Jury, urging fast repairs and the completion of the Academics’ Quarters. Residents vowed to maintain stress till motion is taken, framing the decaying college buildings as each an emblem of damaged guarantees and a rallying level for accountability.
