Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

[floppy]

So there’s ACSP. ACSPT. ACSJ. ACSJBR.


ACSJPTBR next?

[Estéema]

We hv FairField Methodist Girls’ School as as model where the sch went co-Ed & became a neighborhood sch. Think it’s been very much welcomed by parents with both gender kids. After the initial hoo-haas, the dust will settle. Ppl will adjust to changes, afterall in life, some change is necessary as our living demographics changes.

[Hendon]

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The petition,
raised by ACSP alumni parents, why ACSP should stay put :-

https://www.change.org/p/make-acs-primary-stay-in-the-same-location

Good grief they should really stop referring to 1994 as if it was very long ago. Those OBA should know better and I think those who actually have a greater say do, hence it is ACSP that moves.

[Hendon]

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So there’s ACSP. ACSPT. ACSJ. ACSJBR.

ACSJPTBR next?

They should scrap and just make one ACS. Don’t think the founders envision such separate entities

[Imp75]

Will traditions and things stay the same when it becomes co-ed? Will ACS not give up boys only sports like rugby and offer a homogenous sports like basketball or VB so that girls can join. Will there be a recalibration of activities or cca in view of finite resources? Will these recalibration cause some of these traditions to disappear?

And if it’s in the name of diversity why doesn’t ACSJ offer co-ed too?

[bbbay]

Many questions have their answers in the official announcement already:


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/acs-is-not-an-exclusive-school-and-would-open-more-schools-if-it-could-says-board-chairman

[Veyron]

ACSP cannot move out of Barker Road?


What about other schools which had to vacate their premise to new site?

Perhaps such ACS mentally is the reason why MOE decide to move the school to Tengah.

Perhaps the next thing MOE will do is to review affiliation COP?

[phtthp]

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ACSP cannot move out of Barker Road?

What about other schools which had to vacate their premise to new site?

Perhaps such ACS mentally is the reason why MOE decide to move the school to Tengah.

Perhaps the next thing MOE will do is to review affiliation COP?

1)
At PSLE,
P6 girls tend to do better than boys.

After shifting over to Tengal, maybe Affliation Cut off point will change for ACS.


2) some of the Ccas will need to be newly introduced, since now got girls studying inside, at Tengal. Perhaps introduce new Ccas like Chinese dance, Modern dance, Rhythmic Gymnastics, etc.

[phtthp]

Don’t know why.


Although
( Fairfield Methodist, Geylang Methodist) primary schools are already co-ed, we can accept this.

But this thing about ACS turning co-ed,
i find it very hard and it pains me and also very SAD, forced to accept
because

for so many past decades,
ACS is always linked to boys / young men teenagers mentality. It just doesn’t gel that huh, now ACS inside also got girls ? Even though I have no kid studying in ACS before, but to me, ACS represent the emblem of very strong BROTHERHOOD and men Leadership.

Just like, in the same way …
we always associate (MGS + Paya Lebar PLMGS), with girls only.

[phtthp]

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With the shock development that ACSP has to relocate to Tengah, I think anything can happen now, really up to MOE to decide.

I feel that RGPS is quite vulnerable given that it is sandwiched between two other girls schools nearby (MGS Pri and SCGS Pri) plus there’s another GEP centre (NYPS) that is just 5 mins away. Who knows, it could well be the next one to be relocated to Punggol/Sengkang area and ‘advised’ to go co-ed as well.

Indeed,
if one day, if what we envision come true, say,
MOE were to shift RGPS (Bukit Timah) to far away site like to

Sengkang / Buangkok / Punggol / Woodlands / Pasir Ris / any other remote newly given-birth hdb neighbourhood that's going to arise in future

OR

suddenly also turn co-ed,
then
we will have to change the name of RGPS, strip off that \"Girls\" portion part, become renamed as -


\"Raffles Primary school \" (co-ed RPS),
instead of her
current name, \"Raffles Girls' Primary school\" (RGPS),

In the same manner,
which Canossa Convent Primary school (an all girls school once before) has been renamed to

Canossa Catholic Primary school (co-ed), at 1 Salim road