that involves allegations of mismanagement against the principal of East End Primary School and the Department of Education.

A group of concerned parents met with top officials in the Ministry of Education last week to see if a resolution could be found.

At the core of the dispute is the alleged mistreatment of two veteran teachers. One has decided to stay at the school and the other has decided to transfer at the end of the school year.

The Royal Gazette understands that some parents are not satisfied with the proposal Government has come up with.

And a vote is expected at tonight's meeting on any action to be taken.

Mr. Vaughn Trott, president of the East End Parent Teachers Association and a member of the concerned parents committee that met with the education officials, said it was important that all concerned parents attend the meeting.

At a meeting held on May 8 at the St. George's Town Hall, 65 parents and other concerned East End residents, met for two hours before voting unanimously to wait until they had received a response from the Ministry of Education.

The meeting revolved around a conflict between the parents and East End Primary's newly appointed principal Mrs. Cathy Bassett who has been at the helm only six months.

Parents claim that two teachers have been poorly treated and denied due process after a combined 34 years at the school.

One teacher, who teaches primary six and is a veteran of 14 years, was the former mathematics coordinator.

She was initially without a job because she had decided not to renew her contract as mathematics coordinator in order to devote her energy to teaching primary seven students.

At the time there was a vacancy for a primary seven teacher.

Later she declined the primary seven position because it would be phased out after the 1995/96 school year.

However, the wheels had already been set in motion and someone else had applied for and been hired to teach her primary six class and the primary seven class she declined.

Since she had already made it clear that she was no longer interested in the mathematics coordinator position, it too was filled, leaving her without a job so her only choice was to transfer or be transferred. She has decided to stay.

Similarly, the deputy principal who would have been at the school 21 years in June has decided to transfer at the end of the school year.

She was recently demoted to teacher even though she reapplied for the deputy principal position in February.

The committee allege that although this teacher sent in her resume she was rejected for the deputy principal position without even an interview with the principal as civil service policy requires.

The parents claim that the teachers were denied "due process'' before the decisions were taken.

Tonight's meeting will be at the East End Primary School at 7.30 p.m.