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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
Junior Minister for Education Leah Scott says the One Bermuda Alliance should consider a “staggered approach” to the granting of Bermudian and permanent resident status in the current climate.
The proposal, announced this month, would allow residents...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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
Shadow health minister Lovitta Foggo has branded the Bermuda Government’s plan to potentially close schools as “foolhardy, reckless and irresponsible”.
Ms Foggo was responding to the release this Monday of the full, 196-page school reorganisation (Sc...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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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
Primary students got to “play dentist” as part of a fun and educational programme run by Kerin Oral Care.
As part of the practice’s Give Kids a Smile Day, the children learnt about oral hygiene and nutrition, and even got to dress up as dentists.
Eac...
DATE: Feb 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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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
The Bermuda SPCA is offering financial assistance to private cat owners to have their pet spayed or neutered as part of the organisation’s CatSnip programme.
The overpopulation of cats in Bermuda presents a problem according to the SPCA as there are...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
