Classes have begun at Government's school for disrupted students.

The Royal Gazette understands that the Centre for Adolescent Development, Education and Training (CADET) at Warwick Camp admitted its first students on Monday.

And other than one boy using obscene language to an officer, the school day began without incident.

Five people made up the alternative school's first group of students. But they are expected to be joined by more in the next few weeks.

The site consists of four classrooms which will be able to accommodate some 30 students.

Students with a history of behavioural problems will spend up to 12 weeks at the special academy before returning to their original schools.

During a tour of the facility last month Education Minister Jerome Dill said each classroom was expected to have no more than seven students.

"That way we can ensure that we can give each child the individual attention that they need,'' he said.

"The students will come from a number of different schools. We are not limiting ourselves to a particular school. When we get them into this environment the Regiment will be providing a positive role model.'' It is hoped that in addition to learning from seven hand-picked teachers, military discipline and lessons in foot drill, first aid and leadership skills from Regiment staff will encourage the youngsters to be well behaved.

There will be a military style role call every morning and students will be inspected to make sure they are wearing their respective school uniforms correctly.

But the Education Ministry has refused to give out any other details about the school, leaving the Bermuda Union of Teachers and the Association of School Principals in the dark.

Mr. Dill earlier this month said he had been advised that releasing the starting day of classes and allowing interviews during the early days of the school would not be in the interest of students.

"I'm being advised by educators who are very concerned about the opening day or in fact the initial period,'' he said.

"The best thing for the children is to have them operating in as normal an environment as possible.

"It will be difficult for some as they are being transferred from their regular schools to a new environment.'' While both BUT president Michael Charles and ASP president Livingston Tuzo pointed out that their membership had advocated an alternative school for years and they wished CADET well, they said they could understand the secrecy surrounding its start-up, staff, curriculum, or criteria for choosing pupils for the school.