The Shahapur school in Thane, which was shut since last Wednesday (July 9), following an outrage over alleged inappropriate behaviour with girl students, reopened on Tuesday. After being in the midst of a row, the school reopened with new policies and changes in the parent-teacher body.

The outrage occurred last week as, according to the parents, the school authorities had asked girl students to strip to check if they were menstruating after finding blood stains in the school washroom. Subsequently, parents’ protests broke out, and the school was shut for a week. 

On Monday, the police, school authorities, education officers, teachers, and parents conducted a joint meeting to decide the future course of action. In the meeting, the parents of the students submitted an 11-point plan of action to the school authorities and decided to only move forward once it was implemented.