CURACAO CATHOLIC SCHOOL: RADULPHUS COLLEGE LOSES COURT CASE AGAINST PARENTS
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Willemstad, Curacao. Parents from a student at the: Radulphus College, are worried, because, apparently, as parents they decided not to vaccinate their 15 year old child, and because of that, allegedly Radulphus College is practicing retaliation on their son. This according to the Father: Mr Diangelo M Maduro. This went so far, that a lawsuit was filed against the Roman Catholic Central School Board Foundation (Stichting Rooms Katholiek Centraal Schoolbestuur (RKCS)), which represents the Radulphus College.
RKCS AND THE COVID 19 VIRUS VACCINE
In the RKCS site you can read part of the obligations that they have as a School Board:
“State Regulations of the Netherlands Antilles” the powers of School Boards are briefly regulated in Article 140 paragraphs 5, 6 and 7. These powers include the following:
5. “The requirements of soundness, to be set for education to be paid wholly or partly from the public purse, are regulated by the national ordinance, with due observance, insofar as special education is concerned, of the freedom of direction”.
6. “The requirements for general primary education are regulated in such a way that the soundness of special education, which is fully funded from the public purse, and of public education is equally sufficiently guaranteed. In particular, this arrangement respects the freedom of particulars regarding the choice of teaching materials and the appointment of teachers.”
7. “Public and special education, the latter insofar as it meets the conditions to be set by national ordinance, are paid for from the public purse according to the same standard”.
As a result of these rules, in addition to the freedom of direction, the restriction imposed by the education legislation in, among other things, school times, teachers' powers, the employment of teachers, student admission policy, and student numbers are also applied to special education.
According to the the student father, Mr. Maduro: “Every year, Radulphus has organized a HBO (bachelor's degrees in higher vocational education) tour and WO (university education) tour. This HBO tour is to visit the Netherlands, to visit HBO schools in the Netherlands, so that the kids can get an idea of what are the possibilities in the Netherlands regarding studying. Not only to study, but also on how is life in the Netherlands, how is the climate and to exchange with other students. This year, at the end, Radulphus made it a condition that children must be vaccinated. They did not do this in writing but they made it a requirement. So, we as parents, decided that it seemed premature for a 15-year-old child to be forced to be vaccinated against COVID, the COVID Virus. This is, seeing that there isn't enough information about the possible consequences of this vaccine! So, as parents, we said no, we want to send our son on tour, but we don't agree with Radulphus, to impose this (the vaccine) as an obligation and based on that, then, we got in contact with Radulphus, we tried to speak with Radulphus to try and get on a settlement. We tried freely, we said to Radulphus, if this (the child to be vaccinated) is your concern, we are willing to sign a indemnification (Vrijwaring) for you as a safeguard as educators, so that the child can still go! But, non of these things did not get an ear on Radulphus side. What's more, they (Radulphus College) took us out of the App group, they took the child out of the App group, and we were forced to proceed with a legal case against Radulphus and go to court!”
Maduro continued: “As precautions, let's say, we tried to speak with Radulphus, we proposed to them (to Radulphus) that if their concerned is that the child can become sick during the HBO tour, we will safeguard (Vrijwaar) them (as Radulphus College) because, we have family in the Netherlands where they (the family) can do the childcare (Vang Op) and in that way, legally they (Radulphus College) would not be, legally responsible for that part if that is their concern! That was one of the options we came up with! Apart from that, we found it very strange, that, the same kids that you sit with all day at school during years, all of a sudden, in a tour, you can not go with them, because, they (the teachers) became dangerous for them (the kids). For us (as parents) it is very, very strange!”
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COURT CASE AGAINST RADULPHUS COLLEGE
Maduro explained: “In court, they (Radulphus) tried to downplay the court case. They tried to do like; 'no, that's not that important, you can do it on your own, the school will sign you up (give the child permission to go on the child own expense)'. But that's not the case! The case is, that Radulphus has a program, that is special and adapted where they (Radulphus College students) got certain days to visit certain school, that, if you (the student) go in on your own, you can not go those days. So, there wasn't the case like there was an open day (Netherlands schools open day, on which members of the public are encouraged to visit to see what it is like), where Radulphus participated, it was a program that is special and adapted for Radulphus. Which other kids that are studying in the Netherlands already, can also participate and give additional information, so that the kids could be better prepared to make a choice for their future!”
Part of the court papers, who were showed declared: “For the rest, RKCS has not put forward any facts or circumstances to justify maintaining the vaccination condition in Enzo's situation. For example, it has not been stated or proven that other (parents of) participating in the tour or that accompanying teachers have indicated that they only want to travel with vaccinated students, let alone that arguments have been put forward that - under the current circumstances and according to current insights - be weighty. Furthermore, it has not been sufficiently demonstrated that a vaccination certificate is required to apply for travel insurance.”
(in Dutch; “RKCS heeft voor het overige geen feiten of omstandigheden gesteld ter rechtvaardiging van het thans nog handhaven van de vaccinatievoorwaarde in de situatie van Enzo. Gesteld noch gebleken is bijvoorbeeld dat andere (ouders van) deelnemen aan de tour of begeleidende docenten te kennen hebben gegeven slechts met gevaccineerde leerlingen op reis te willen, laat staan dat daarvoor argumenten zijn aangevoerd die - onder de actuele omstandigheden en naar de huidige inzichten - zwaarwegend zijn. Verder is niet voldoende aannemelijk gemaakt dat een vaccinatiebewijs nodig is voor het aanvragen van een reisverzekering.)”
The court also wrote: “The claim will be awarded as described below. In view of the expressed willingness of RKCS to comply with a possible conviction, the court sees no reason to impose a penalty.”
(in Dutch: De vordering zal worden toegewezen als hierna omschreven. Gelet op de uitgesproken bereidheid van RKCS aan een eventueel veroordelend vonnis te voldoen, ziet het gerecht geen aanleiding om een dwangsom op te leggen.)”
Apparently, RKCS agreed to comply and accept the court decisions if they lost the case. But, it seems that the institution did not completely comply or agreed with the court decision.
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SCHOOL BULYING A STUDENT FRO NOT TAKING VACCINE?
Maduro expressed: "They denied to App us as parents, in the app group. And on top of that, later on, started with retaliation against the child!"
Even though Maduro won the court case against Radulphus College, it seems the school wants an official apology from Maduro!
Maduro explained: “It's twofold (Tweeledig)! Once is the retaliation from the Rector Ms. Anthony, which refuses to greet my child and does not deal with my child! When it's free time (after school), the Principal gives basketball training, she took my son out of training and told him (the boy) not to come anymore without a reason. Where my son always behaves well! The sad thing is that the abuse is that she is the rector of Radulphus! So you (the Rector) turn around and use your power in your free time and during school time, you (the Rector) are the one with absolute power!”
Maduro continued: “She (the Rector) does not communicate with us as parents either! This happened first, when we (the parents) wanted to talk before going to court, when Radulphus took us out of the app group as parents, but also my son out of the kids app, we requested a meeting with the School, to understand what is happening. During the meeting, the school stood up, that they don't want to hear any other point of view and that it is their way (the school's way) that should be accepted. During that meeting, I ask Rector Anthony if she finds the behavior of Mr. Boheemen (teacher and board member) acceptable to take adults, the parents and the child outside of the app group without a reason and without any indication. For that reason I said, you (the school Rector and Mr. Boheemen as teacher) are a shame for education! I said it to both of them! At that moment, they got mad! At that moment we found the need to go to trial. After we won the judgment (Vonnis) in Court, they demanded an apology from us, that we must apologize! And my question is: Apologize for what? Apologize because I stand up for my child's rights? Apologize because I feel that if I have a case, I will fight for it? What do they think? That just because they are Radulphus, because they have power they can do or not do as they wish? No, not here!”
Maduro continued: “After the ruling, contrary to what they (Radulphus College) said, that they would respect the court ruling, they put my son on the HBO kids tour app group, but they refused to include us as parents in the parent App group. And then they make it a requirement, contrary to what the judge said. The school has a requirement that we (the parents) must apologize to them! I don't what apology! I want to know what for! Then we (as parents) wrote a letter back, and asked them (Radulphus College), what is it we (as parents) must apologize for! Apologize because we stand up for our child? Apologize because we have a different point of view and we voiced it? So, I don't understand what for we must offer them an apology! But it is an indication, that the courage that they have to ask us to apologize, shows that they are not well on the head! That these people suffer from megalomania (grootheidswaanzin)! And my question is, if it is acceptable for these kinds of people to be teachers at school, and, not only teachers, but that they have power as Rector and deputy principal (conrector). Because, my child is sitting at a school, RK, Rooms Catholic, a school that is Catholic! We are in the period of fasting and reflection within the Catholic Church (kuaresma)! You understand? The first day of school, everyone is asked to go to Church, the school want to preach Union, Love, Coexistence and, where we have two (2) Devils which are Boheemen and Anthony? I will repeat it again, two Devils, which misuse power and that abuse 15 year old kids! And now I want to know, where does RK stand on this, as the one giving the jobs to these teachers at Radulphus! I want to know where Bizdom (the Diocese of Willemstad) stands here, because it is a Catholic school! Talk about prayers and talk about everything constantly but you as BizDom has two Devil's walking in your house yard! I want to know where do you stand! Will you continue tolerating their abuse or stop it? The 3rd one, is that, I also want to know from our government! As the one that buy education services at Radulphus, where do you (the government) stand? Is it acceptable for the government to pay a school board (schoolbestuur curacao) to do like this with someone's child? Those are the 3 points where I want an answer!”
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OVERALL TRANSLATION: FELICITY:10% / FIDELITY:90%
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