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THE Catholic Board is troubled that some of its schools have been deemed “at risk” and are on the list of 50 schools which have police officers on patrol in them.

Fr David Khan, Vicar for Education and CEO of the Catholic Education Board of Management (CEBM) told Newsday on September 16 that to date, none of the RC schools identified, have a police presence. He wondered about the legitimacy of a list in circulation and the stigma it would attach to its institutions of learning.

“The Ministry of Education has not sent us a listing. At a meeting with the ministry about two weeks ago, the (heads of denominational) boards were told that it (policing in schools) had not yet gone to Cabinet. When asked about how schools were then selected, the ministry’s response was that it was data-driven," Khan said.