troubled:

So is the priority given to needy families or special needs child :?

yes....

I'm curious that how the MOE clarify as \"needy families\"? If both working parents, no grandparents or helper to look after the kid, no adult supervising the kid's homework / study after school. This situation will not considered by MOE as needy familiy??

Just wonder can MOE look into this matter; to be FAIR to all Singaporean kids, our FUTURE....

Any parents will bring up basc issue to MOE or our MP? Term 3 starting soon…

Jurong West Pri Sch basc has 80 places next year

frontierer:

I have every reason to think the 20-15-15 distribution is a plan to \"entice\" (or \"bait\") another lot of 'naive' parents to the 2013 and 2014 batches... :grphug: 'smart' parents may choose otherwise, if they do the maths...
We already went through a round of nerve-wrecking balloting last August, now they make us do another round of balloting :frustrated: I am disgusted!!

\"smart\" parents must think twice before action... :imdrowning:

frontierer:

Really?!! So should these 5 be happy or not? :stompfeet: What about the rest of us who stand NO CHANCE at all? :rant:

yes, we NO CHANCE at all....really very unfair to us :stompfeet:

mintpapa:

I've called MOE to clarify and was told that this decision was made by the school principal (Martin Koh), what are he trying to do... does he still remember what he had said before school opening blah blah blah...then school started he reduced to 20 places I understand he is trying to keep some for the 2013 pupils but can't he think that 2013 intake parents still have the option to choose school but we parents of the frontier's pupils don't have the option to choose because our children are already studies in their school I think this priority should and must give to us! His decision is inappropriate! This is so call empty shell salesman! talk without deliver! :mad: I think we parents need to bring up to MOE and the media!

:mad: yes, should bring up!!!

frontierer:

Hi, did you witness the balloting conducted last Thursday afternoon, I heard there were 64 \"fighting\" for 16 remaining places... (slim chance of 1 in 4!!) another four places were supposedly reserved for \"those truly deserving\" ones... it is really unfair to us parents who chose the school based on their \"advertisement\" of a after-school care... can we appeal to MOE??

There are another 5 pupils balloted in for waiting list!!!! What is this??!! :?

maywong:

I wonder if Jurong West Pri Sch will have cap for student care as well? Cos I am enrolling my DD this Jul for next yr intake. Now am worry that if I cannot get into student care in Frontier, then what should I do? Both hubby and me are working parents, can be asking her to sit in canteen. No place to rest.

Hi maywong,

I'm one of the parent who was very disappointed with Frontier Pri Sch and their administrator. I think you can check with Jurong West Pri Sch and consider them if they dont cap. Frontier only has 15 places for next year, we don't know there will be how many places giving to their so called \"needy families\". I understand that many schools didn't have such requirements that priority given to needy families and don't cap the number of students too. Needy families = single parent or poor families??? What about working parents who don't have any grandparents or helper to look after our kids?? We are needy families too!!!