Every time I drive past Chatsworth High School, my heart sinks. I wasn’t a pupil at that once-great school but I still feel sad when I drive past. It has become an eyesore.
I wonder what learning takes place there. Perched up on a hill on Lenny Naidu Drive in Bayview, the school is on a downhill run. The entrance to the school says much of how the first secondary school in Chatsworth has sunk so low.
How can the principal, the teachers and the pupils turn a blind eye to the rubbish being dumped in front of their school? How can they walk past this filth everyday? And what about the DA councillor?
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Doesn’t he see this ugly sight in front of a school which has been there for years? Several prominent Chatsworth men and women have walked through the doors of Chatsworth High, notably Amichand Rajbansi who was a locum teacher at the school. It was there that he met his beautiful wife Ashadevi.
Recently, there was a nostalgic gathering of the 1975 Chatsworth matriculants at the Umhlatuzana community hall, as reported in the media. They were celebrating their 50th anniversary. I wonder if any of them drove past their school and saw the filth in front of it.
Schools are a microcosm of a society. They reflect on the community around them. A caring community would not let such degradation ruin a place of learning.
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