SINGAPORE: When the major part of Maris Stella High School ( MSHS) moves to a limited single- program for a few years, Mr Jared Lim faces a possible operational pain.  ,
He does own four children in Primary 1, 2, 4 and 5 in 2028. The younger two students will begin their day training, while the older two may start with the night program.
It may require Mr. Lim to consider taking his kids to school and picking them up at regular intervals throughout the day.
The father of seven said,” We ca n’t be going back and forth if they finish in school at three or four different times,” noting that both he and his wife work full-time.
The class will switch to its holding page at 2 Mattar Road while the school at , Mount Vernon will be rebuilt from 2027 to 2029, making the momentary change to a limited single-session.
After moving to Mattar Road, the class will try to increase the number of pupils in Primary 1. It may also , become vocational and get in girls in 2027.
MSHS ( Primary ) will revert to a single session when it moves back to Mount Vernon, tentatively in 2030.
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Before the limited single-session is implemented, parents are already considering how to deal with administrative issues.
Mr. Lim, a graduate of the institution, claimed that he and his partner have taught them how to use public transportation to get home from school.
The permanent location is next to the Bartley MRT stop on the Circle Line, while the holding location is close to the Downtown Line.
” Fortunately, the MRT ( station ) is next to the school itself, so we’ve followed them, we’ve guided them”, said Mr Lim.
We do n’t worry about that part of Singapore’s transportation system because it is “pretty efficient,” but we do try to pick them up when they arrive at the stations on their way home.
His older kids may wait for their younger siblings to travel up by public transportation.
In 2030, Mr. Lim intends to reopen the school at its permanent location and resume single session, making his only daughter, the youngest child, to MSHS ( Primary ).
The positive aspects of the school’s transition to collegiate include the fact that she can attend the same school as her boys, he claimed.
Another graduate, Mr Royston Png, is content that the college will be rebuilt to deliver better services. However, it also means that his brother, who is in his PSLE time, may proceed to the holding blog.  ,
” It’s only disruptive because it ( will require ) more time to get to the school”, he added.  ,
Since the start of the time, his son has been coming home from school on the MRT – a 15- second trip.
” So it’s an adjustment in the sense that we need to tell him how to get to college and come back himself”, he said, describing the move as an inconvenience.  ,
This inconvenience may drag on because he hopes his son will transfer to MSHS ( Secondary ).
While the college is being rebuilt, the intermediate section may also relocate to a short-term location. According to Google Maps, it will take his brother 40 minutes to get to the intermediate school’s holding blog, compared to the current 15 minutes.  ,
” If the school could have let me know earlier, it ( would have affected my decision ) about sending him to Maris Stella”, Mr Png said.
Due to the difficulty of getting into the universities in the west near their past residence, the home moved closer to Maris Stella. Additionally, his son has colleagues whose families moved to a residence hall opposite the everlasting school.
He claimed that” some people have moved to Bartley and sold their homes in Potong Pasir so that their child can walk to school.”
Hearing that the school would be rebuilt was never a shock, according to another alumnus, but the decision to unisex the institution was.
He applauded the decision, claiming that it would “improve societal lines for the children because they can communicate with both boys and girls.”
Mr Gan, whose two children are in Key 3 and 6 in MSHS, said his sons now take the MRT to college.