STC enrollment not affected by controversy

THE controversy over the decision of St. Theresa’s College to bar five high school students from joining their graduation last March has not affected the school’s enrollment.

Lilu Aliño, Institutional Planning Officer of STC said parents have even trusted the school more for standing up to its principles.

She announced that contrary to what others believed, they have already matched last school year’s enrollment population of 2,000 students and that they are even expecting the numbers to rise.

Their enrollment for grade school and high school has been stretched up to July 15 while college enrollment ends on the 29th of June.

She said many parents have been drawn even more to the school as they are assured  that their children, will be safer in an environment where high levels of morality and discipline are regarded.

As a result of the March controversy, the school is still facing a possibly long-drawn legal battle with at least two of the five students they barred from joining their graduation still pursuing cases against the school.

Lately, the family court handling the injunction case filed by the students had refused jurisdiction over the case.

Regional Trial Court judge Manuel Patalinghug refused to hear the case on the grounds that injunction cases are civil in nature. Family courts, according to Patalinghug, covers only minors who are in criminal cases.

The controversy stemmed from the sectarian school’s decision to bar five high school students from joining their high school graduation last March over posting of photos in  Facebook that the school considers “lewd.”/with reports from Ador Vincent Mayol