Never mind the news that Singapore will officially move to Dorscon green on Feb 13, after more than three years of living with heightened health alerts about Covid-19.
The new ACS Primary, to be located in the up-and-coming Housing Board town in the west of Singapore, will also accept girls from the same year for the first time. From tongue-in-cheek comments on chat forums about the school's decision to be co-ed , to its unexpected move to Tengah in 2030 , the reactions have been as amusing as they have been mixed.“Moving ACS from affluent location to low SES HDB town in far-away western Singapore is considered a downgrade and an insult to the high SES culture of the school and its alum, #epicfail,” said one Jeremy Tan.“So their will say ‘ACS Tengah’? Doesn’t sound very atas ,” read one comment.
“If you allow us, we’d open more schools,” he said, adding that ACS hopes to draw in more students of greater diversity beyond those that live within its vicinity.Facebook user Henry Sharp said: “Thank you ACS and the Methodist Board, you have been magnanimous in making this deep seating change to level up Singapore’s education for everyone. I am not an ACS boy but I applaud your generosity.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Haiyaa whatever is called on ACS . NAME it like ATCS
It is just a school for crying out loud. A primary school some more. Some ACS students also ended up in neighbourhood sec schools.
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