Jamaica College board to issue statement concerning Ruel Reid special leave

 

The Board of Jamaica College says it will issue a statement on Thursday night or early Friday on matters related to extending special leave with full salary and benefits to former Education Minister Ruel Reid, who still holds the post of principal at the school. 

 

The board last month voted unanimously to send Education Minister Fayval Williams a list of recommendations for action.

 

The board was expecting a response from the Education Minister last Wednesday. However, Mrs Williams said no decision had been made on the matter.

 

 

 

Opposition Spokesperson on Education Dr. Angela Brown Burke has said reinstating Ruel Reid as principal of Jamaica College could cause damage to the school's reputation given the allegations of corruption which hang over his head. 

 

She is also not in favour of extending special leave with full salary and benefits to Mr. Reid.

 

Mrs Brown Burke reiterated that Mr. Reid be retired. 

 

"Quite frankly, there are several ways to do it. If we assume that Mr. Reid is a reasonable man, then that should be an easy conversation. If we assume that he is not a reasonable man, then the discussion becomes a little bit more difficult. But the truth of the matter is, I cannot think of anyone else who would have been accused of the things that Mr. Reid is being accused of where the government would have taken this position. The only thing that could come to mind is that he has the kind of information or the kind of strength or the kind of power or connections that make him bigger than life and beyond asking for the most reasonable action to take place," she insisted.  

 

She was speaking Thursday on the Morning Agenda on Power 106.