A dilapidated classroom at St Theresa school that was featured in the news today is actually intended for young cockroaches and not human children, the school insisted this afternoon.
After a concerned parent shared images of mould-covered walls and dirty toilets, while also describing the classroom as a ‘disease chamber’, various other parents expressed their outrage that a classroom for pre-schoolers could be left in such a poor state.
However, the school said this was nothing more than a misunderstanding.
“The parent who shared the photos just assumed that the class was for human children. If she had bothered to ask us for an explanation before charging onto Facebook, we would have reminded her of St Theresa’s proud history of providing an education to underprivileged young cockroaches,” the school’s principal Victoria Grech told Bis-Serjetà.
Grech said that the classroom was purposefully left damp because cockroaches were known to thrive in humid conditions.
“We’re just trying to provide a safe, roach-friendly learning environment for this poor little insects, who have traditionally been downtrodden by society, literally.
“And then this woman comes along with her anti-roach prejudices, trying to scupper everything we’ve built over the past few decades. It makes me sick, honestly,” she added.
Asked about the dirty toilets, Grech said:
“No that has nothing to do with cockroaches. Some people at this school are nasty.”
