Just a perfect example of the two-tiered, unequal system of education that we have ....... one for 'us' and one for 'them' ............... these so-called elite or charter schools exacerbate an already discriminatory system of education based on colour, class, ethnicity, surname, wealth and "who-u-know" in our country ......... that is why the Ministry of Education is a big joke when it comes to setting these unrealistic standards for (public & private) education .......... 90% of those who go to public school are statistically disqualified from higher education from Day 1 .......... thus some blacks have to tolerate the bigotry of private schools for their children to have a fighting chance in this country ......... that is so, so wrong to be happening in the 21st century under a so-called black-friendly government

Why is it that we have to interject race into everything in this country? Another reason why we will never become a meritocracy so long we keep blaming our own failures on what we perceive as racism in others. Just the other day there were a bunch of ignorant, bigoted Bahamian pastors frothing at the mouth on one of the talk shows because the Ministry of Education "did gie all the prizes dem to the hyshun chirrren". These children weren't "given" anything, they just applied themselves more diligently than our home grown darlings and were rewarded accordingly
You are not entitled to anything in this life because you're black, or white or yellow for that matter, but bey, black crab syndrome still flourishing in this country 'cause ain nobody is discriminate against black people here more than black people.

.......... and white/conchy-joe privilege is alive and well (let's be real)

Tell that to all those hard red/conchy-joe children in the public school system in Exuma & Long Island who continue to excel scholastically every year despite being so privileged.

Hard to know...popularity doesn't necessarily imply suitability. Unless the selected head girl is a dummy, and I highly doubt she is, who knows...?

Remove your kid if you think the school is so racist. Homeschool your child so she can be Head Girl and the top graduate since that seems to be so important! Mom's primary concern should be whether the child is getting a quality education. This is pure nonsense! Racism? Crybaby is more like it!

This is a typical Grand Bahamian tizzie ......... they are always crying over some issue ...... they are the best cry-babies and pity-party lovers in The Bahamas ........ always crying "foul" while trying to live their "American" lifestyle on Bahamian salaries ....... Go to North Carolina where there will be no more valedictorians in high schools because "no one wants to be offended"

This is such bullshit. The damn stats shows that racism is not an issue at this school.More than half the students are "Bahamian". I know first hand that racism is not involved,must be a mother who was looking for somthing free and when she didn't get her way she spew this shit out . GET A LIFE

hit the nail on the head realfreethinker. Bad case of "entitlement" LIS has awarded millions of dollars in scholarship to local Bahamian student. To hear this garbage of two-tiered unequal education system is just that garbage. Any student regardless of race creed or birth can excel with the hard work and attention to work. Race has nothing to do with this!!!

If this child's teachers voted against her, the parent had better get to know her child better. Teachers see a child's true colors all day long.

The story written in The Freeport News carried so many "inaccuracies" and false allegations. I am disgusted that The Freeport News would basically print a false editorial on the front page of its paper, due diligence was not applied here. Here are the facts. The school just sent out their newsletter yesterday and showed who the students are that won. There is not just a "WHITE" head girl who just got elected, there are two HEAD STUDENTS who were just democratically elected by a transparent process that was known in advance of the election and has been in place for many years. And by the way Freeport News, one is white and ONE IS NOT WHITE and they are two terrific girls. Where was the parent before the election? Did she question the process before the election? This school actually gives students the opportunity to have a 50% say in who they want as head student, but accounts 50% from the staff who may realize why one may be a better candidate that is academic, will represent the school well in the community and may not have discipline issues. This mom even states that her kid was given detention over an incident with a white girl. First of all, tell us more about the incident and let us judge what happened if this is your claim of racism--if the white girl was not punished, sounds like she didn't need to be. And did you Freeport News ask the school what the altercation was? My guess is no. Quite frankly, knowing some of the black teachers at the school, I cannot see any of them standing by and allowing any student to be treated differently based on skin color. I have seen these teachers stand up for white and black kids alike when the situation warrants--give these teachers some credit. LIS keep up the good work by providing white, black, and all colors of kids in between with opportunities to learn with and from each other in a COLORBLIND environment!

Enjoy living in your COLORBLIND bubble ......... ask the poor black public school children who live in the ghetto settlements in Freeport, Abaco and Nassau, Eleuthera, Exuma etc that our Bahamian education system is COLORBLIND .......... just look at who gets the BGCSE awards and all paid college scholarships in our country each year and then say that our education system is not based on CLASS, RACE and ELITISM ....... jokes!!!!

Wow sheeprunner if you want to cast blame you should start with the Bahamian Government. The people of the Bahamas are being kept in a state of poverty by the Government elite just so they can maintain control and fill their pockets! It is not the job of the individual to take care of a country it is the Government. And it is obvious your are definitely not color blind.