DEAR Editor, SEKOLAH Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Sentosa in Hulu Selangor barely has space to breathe.

With the number of students reaching 3,000 and with fewer than 100 classrooms, the situ ation is distressing.

Those living near the school have the right to send their chil dren to SMKBS.

But what rights do parents liv ing in Taman Bunga Raya, Sungai Buaya and even Sungai Choh have to send their children to the crowded school?

Why are they rushing to send their children to SMKBS when they have modern secondary schools near their neighbour hoods?

Parents may have misconstrued that good results are achieved be cause of the teachers or the school.

Students play an important role and so do the parents.

If your son or daughter is studious, he will be able to achieve good results at any school.

Teachers are merely teaching them the basics. It is up to the individual to excel.
Parents should not think that because a school achieved good results last year, it would be able to repeat the feat this year.

Considering the condition of the school, parents of students living within the area are worried the results may take a plunge this year.

If you are living in Sungai Buaya, register your children in the neighbourhood school.

Taman Bunga Raya has good schools, as does Sungai Choh. Their enrolment is less than 1,000 students each.

You would be doing your children a favour as they would not have to wake up at 5am to get ready for school and can take the time to walk or cycle every day. This is why the government builds schools in every housing estate.

Smart parent
Rawang

Source: Malay Mail – January 15, 2008