In the week before the new school year dawned, my phone pinged constantly as parents traded questions and information on a newly formed WhatsApp chat group with more than 150 members.
We all had two things in common: Our sons were starting Secondary 1 in the same school and our excitement was laced with uncertainty, even anxiety.
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