The Na­tion­al Par­ent Teacher As­so­ci­a­tion (NPTA) plans on meet­ing with the prin­ci­pal and the PTA Pres­i­dent of the Bel­mont Sec­ondary School.

This af­ter the PTA Pres­i­dent Shur­lan­da Mal­colm last Wednes­day claimed that she was de­nied the op­por­tu­ni­ty to bring greet­ings at the school’s grad­u­a­tion be­cause of her at­tire.

She said this was the first time in nine years she was barred from speak­ing at a grad­u­a­tion and blamed the sit­u­a­tion on a strained re­la­tion­ship be­tween her and an of­fi­cial at the school.

In a press re­lease the NPTA em­pha­sised the im­por­tance of col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween PTA units and school prin­ci­pals and hopes this dis­course can be dealt with am­i­ca­bly.

Pres­i­dent Wal­ter Stu­art said they will al­so look in­to es­tab­lish­ing a dress code for their mem­bers