Tag: John Gray High School
JGHS staff blamed for kids bad behaviour
(CNS): Poor leadership and bad teachers are behind the behaviour problems at John Gray High School, according to the consultants who conducted the baseline inspection at the Cayman Islands’ largest and worst performing government high school. The principal at the time of the inspection and over the previous four years was Lyneth Monteith, who is currently the […]
Drug dogs and gun seizures at local school
(CNS Video): John Gray High School is dealing with yet another incident involving an imitation firearm after security guards seized a toy gun from students traveling on a school bus from West Bay last week. The recovery of what was said to be close replica of a weapon is the second in just two weeks. […]
Teen arrested over school bus gun
(CNS) The police have now confirmed that a 15-year-old student from John Gray High school has been arrested in connection with the possession of an imitation firearm on a school bus and is currently on police bail. Education ministry officials had told CNS last week that an “incident” had led to a police investigation, though […]
Enquiry opened over gun on school bus
(CNS): A teenager from John Gray High School is the subject of a police investigation after reports that he may have been carrying a firearm on a school bus. Officials from the education ministry have confirmed that an “incident occurred” recently on a public school bus, although they have refused to state that a firearm […]
Tarpon academy leader bags JGHS deputy principal job
(CNS): Patricia Forbes has been appointed as the new deputy principal of John Gray High School (JGHS) for the 2015-2016 calendar year, government officials announced Thursday. Forbes, who was acting deputy principal of Tarpon Academy and the school’s teaching and learning coordinator, has been promoted after Matthew Holmes, the former deputy principal, stepped into the acting […]
Fights continue among JGHS students
(CNS): Education officials have confirmed that another fight took place last week at the John Gray High School following two other violent incidents — a gang-related fight and an assault on a teacher — earlier this month. Acting Chief Education Officer Lyneth Monteith said the latest “physical altercation” took place between two female students last Tuesday and […]
School facing gang trouble
(CNS): Education officials have confirmed that John Gray High School has been dealing with gang rivalries in the school for some time and the fight on the school campus on Monday morning was as a result of those ongoing problems. The assault on the teacher by a teenage girl on Tuesday afternoon was described as […]
More violence at JGHS
(CNS): A 15-year-old girl has been arrested and charged by police on suspicion of assault, actual bodily harm (ABH), disorderly conduct and damage to property after a teacher was assaulted at John Gray High School Tuesday afternoon. The latest act of violence comes in the wake of a brawl at the school on Monday morning between […]
Officials tight lipped over JGHS gang fight
(CNS): The new acting chief education officer and former principal of John Gray High School has confirmed that the fight at the school Monday, for which two teenage boys were arrested, was a continuation of another brawl that had happened in Camana Bay at the weekend. But Lyneth Monteith has said little else about what was understood […]
Students arrested after fight at JGHS
(CNS): Updated 3pm: Police have confirmed that they have arrested two 15-year-old students and are investigating a fight at John Gray High School on Monday morning. An RCIPS spokesperson said the two boys were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct and have been bailed to return to the police station at a later […]
