Struggling mother afraid son won’t attend high school if he doesn’t get transfer
Aug 12th, 2022 | Category: News & Features | 4:14#JamaicaGleaner AUGUST 12, 2022: Nickeisha Singh Smith, 32, is one worried and frustrated mother as she ponders the future of her 12- year-old son who was placed at Foga Road High School some distance away from her home in Hayes, Clarendon. With the deck already stacked against her taking care of her bedridden husband who suffered three strokes and is now unable to help himself, she has to give him round-the-clock care – erasing any option of trying to get a job.
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