{"id":47028,"date":"2024-02-15T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/latecomers-locked-out-at-heathfield-high-school-placed-at-risk-20240215\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:10:50","slug":"latecomers-locked-out-at-heathfield-high-school-placed-at-risk-20240215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/latecomers-locked-out-at-heathfield-high-school-placed-at-risk-20240215\/","title":{"rendered":"Latecomers locked out at Heathfield High School &#8216;placed at risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heathfield High School learners who arrive late at school are allegedly left to roam the streets, placing their lives at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This according to Nadia Booth, a concerned scholar transport driver, who claims she sees learners locked out of school gates all too often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur children\u2019s lives are placed in danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParents think their children are safe at school but then children are locked outside the school premises for the entire school day,\u201d she tells <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing her frustration in a Tiktok video, Booth says in one incident she found two Heathfield High learners in Bergvliet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve found two girls roaming around in Bergvliet because the principal apparently doesn\u2019t allow them on the premises when they arrive late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren travel from afar to attend school, so I feel that the school needs to look at other avenues, such as detention instead of leaving learners locked out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booth further claims that she approached law enforcement and the local councillor to report the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose kids are outside for the whole day waiting for their parents to collect them or for their transport. Our kids\u2019 lives are placed in danger and there is a children\u2019s act, so why are children left outside during school hours?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The frustrated woman says it is very upsetting to witness because drugs and teen pregnancy are issues young people face and yet they are placed in vulnerable situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat must learners do for the day? It is a major concern.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the issue Ward 72 councillor Kevin Southgate says he stands in full support of the school principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I drove past the school one morning I saw children outside and I didn\u2019t know why they were outside, they told me it was because they were late. 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