Police investigating threat made to teacher

UPDATE:

Hilda Skeene Primary School closed early today.

Officials from the Ministry of Education and the Barbados Police Service are probing the circumstances surrounding an incident where a male parent entered the compound unannounced, behaving in a threatening manner, a release said. 

Police were called in to contain the matter and the school was closed for the remainder of the day.

The ministry appealed to the public not to try to enter school compounds unannounced without making an appointment or seeking permission. Identification must also be presented in order to gain access to schools.

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Police and union officials are carrying out investigations after a teacher was allegedly threatened at Hilda Skeene Primary, St Philip, on Wednesday morning. 

The Nation understands a parent made the threat and the principal is reportedly meeting with staff, who are calling for a security officer to be stationed at the compound. 

The gates are closed, but school is still in session. A few parents came to the school as the news circulated.

Officials of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) are also said to be on the plant.

Yesterday, BUT president Rudy Lovell lamented the delay in implementing the school safety policy and said there were too many schools without security guards.

More details as they come. (PR/TSG)