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Exposed live electrical wires, rodents climbing into classrooms, discarded condoms, and play structures that are “an accident waiting to happen”.
These are some of the damning health and safety failings across Bermuda’s public primary schools expose...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The community surrounding Heron Bay Primary School would be negatively affected if the school were to close as proposed in the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisation plan.
This is the view of principal Lisa Swan, who said the school enjoys about ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has implored education minister Wayne Scott to address “blind spots” in the school reorganisation (Score) report which it says lacks detail on a plan of action.
The union also criticised the minister for releasing the re...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Staff and PTA executives at Gilbert Institute are holding an emergency meeting to come up with an action plan they hope will save the school from closure.
The Paget school is the island’s only one that provides services for the deaf and hard-of-hear...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The financial viability of reorganising the island’s primary school system remains unknown as the Bermuda Government-commissioned Score report indicates it was “unable to make an assessment of potential cost savings”.
According to the school reorgan...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four primary schools could face closure as part of the Bermuda Government’s School Reorganisation (Score) Plan but no decisions have yet been made.
Parents and teachers yesterday voiced concerns over the possible closures of Gilbert Institute, Prospe...
DATE: Feb 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An extension of the school registration deadline by the Ministry of Education leaves parents “none the wiser” as they have still not been given full access to a report on possible school closure and consolidation.
This is the view of Bermuda Union o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents are being thrown “into a quandary” as they scramble to hit the deadline for school registration armed with no detailed knowledge of a report that could spell future school closure and consolidation. This is the view of Bermuda Union of Teache...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Minister of Education Wayne Scott has received the final report of the SCORE Advisory Committee on school reorganisation.
The report was commissioned to examine school consolidation or closure, improve the quality and consistency of primary school pr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Close to 2,000 junior and senior students from public and private schools and Bermuda College are set to learn more about their further education options next week.
The Bermuda International College and University Fair is to take place on December 1 ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan