'Trustees, governors, old scholars and friends of the school have all offered financial support. Somehow we must enable this unique school to continue.' Photo: Port of Beirut, days after the explosion, by Pashid khreiss on Unsplash
Learning difficulties: Gillian Turner remembers her own momentous year at Brummana High School
‘I remember the Saturdays clearing litter from the beach, or planting saplings in an area reclaimed from land mines.’
I joined the Brummana High School staff at the beginning of the 2004/2005 academic year. The school was in recovery after the long Lebanese civil war, but the year ended with the assassination of ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri.