ACS Primary’s move to Tengah: Teething pains when a much-loved institution embarks on change

Pity that narrow concerns dominate headlines instead of the progressiveness of ACS’ commendable move and what’s next on the education front

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) will be moving from its current Barker Road campus in Newton to Tengah in 2030. PHOTO: ST FILE
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It’s been more than a fortnight since the bombshell announcement that Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) would move from Barker Road to the new town of Tengah. Yet emotions still run high.

“It’s a good thing the riot police were not called in,” a friend remarked tongue-in-cheek after a townhall with the ACS board of governors and the Old Boys’ Association on Wednesday night, with more than a ring of truth to it.

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