Dellwood Primary School to Northlands.

Opposition Progressive Labour Party senators urged Government to rethink the proposal.

"If you are going to have peace in this Country, you need to look at the issues, the suggestions of the parent teachers' association and the parents,'' said Sen. Neletha (Honey) Butterfield .

Opposition Senate Leader Sen. Milton Scott declared: "Dellwood should stay where it is.'' And Sen. Terry Lister also joined in the attack, saying education was just one of several areas where Government was failing Bermuda.

Sen. Lister said Bermudians had been told by Government to put a smile on their faces to help the tourism industry. But how could people smile when so much was going wrong? For instance, where was the so-called war on drugs, and why were sex offenders being allowed to strike again.

"What protections are there for our women?'' Sen. Lister also claimed Police morale had slumped over the axing of Wayne Perinchief as Assistant Commissioner.

"The spirit of the people in Bermuda has been wounded by the behaviour of the United Bermuda Party Government,'' he said during the motion to adjourn debate.

Last week in the House of Assembly MPs defeated a PLP motion to reject the Dellwood/Northlands scheme.

Shadow Education Minister Ms Jennifer Smith argued that Government had been considering closing the Northlands site for some time.

She said a school site not considered acceptable in the past, was not acceptable now.

Ms Smith added Dellwood also "mainstreamed'' special needs children and Northlands was inaccessible for them.

There would be no integration of such children if the Dellwood move went ahead.

The PLP motion was amended by former Education Minister Clarence Terceira to read that the House would "take note of'' the plans. And the amended version passed 19 to 17, in the absence of several MPs including Pembroke West Central MP Mrs. Ann Cartwright DeCouto.

Later it emerged several United Bermuda Party MPs had expressed concern about the Government plan.

And head of Dellwood parent's restructuring committee Mrs. Mary Samuels told The Royal Gazette she was disappointed they had not spoken up in the House of Assembly.

On Wednesday, Sen. Butterfield said the UBP opponents to the move had missed a fine opportunity to state their case.

Where was the leadership in this Country, she asked.

On a different subject, Sen. Butterfield voiced concern at the number of youngsters out of school.

"What programmes are in place to encourage and assist children to stay at school? "We have a number of children under 15 or over 15 who are not in a learning environment.'' Sen. Yvette Swan (UBP), however, defended Government, and she urged senators to consider the effect of a smile.

"If people see bickering, they will bicker...if you smile, people will smile back.''