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Parents can expect to pay up to $8,000 next year to educate one child in local private schools.
At least four of the Island's six private schools plan to increase their annual fees from three to five percent.
And while officials at several of the sch...
DATE: May 20, 1998
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last week.
The 36 students won first place honours in the show category in the American competition "Music in the Parks'' held at Six Flags in Atlanta, Georgia.
Some 20 choirs from throughout the southeastern states took part in the one-day annual ev...
DATE: May 19, 1998
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after pleading guilty to a series of thefts.
Roger Winston Darrell, 39, of Channel View Lane, Hamilton Parish had six charges sent from Magistrates' Court on March 9 for sentencing by Chief Justice Austin Ward.
Yesterday Mr. Justice Ward told Darrell...
DATE: May 19, 1998
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State College in Massachusetts. Education Minister Tim Smith announced that 12 local teachers would soon graduate from Fitchburg's distance learning Masters of Education programme. ---- Page 2 ZOO WINS ACCREDITATION AGAIN MUS Zoo wins accreditatio...
DATE: May 18, 1998
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Local education officials have forged a stronger relationship with Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts.
Education Minister Tim Smith -- in his first Press conference under his new portfolio -- announced that 12 local teachers will soon graduate ...
DATE: May 18, 1998
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Mount St. Agnes Academy has joined a list of private schools which sought to distance themselves from a policy at Saltus which bumps the children of exempt company staff to the top of waiting lists.
A group of insurance firms has ploughed $2.4 millio...
DATE: May 18, 1998
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A primary school teacher who publicly beat three unruly boys has the backing of the community.
Last week, Northlands Primary School principal Dale Butler made headlines after strapping three young boys in front of a school assembly.
The boys were par...
DATE: May 15, 1998
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school principal and Progressive Labour Party candidate Dale Butler has stirred up a whirlwind of controversy with his decision to publicly strap three of his students.
Corporal punishment remains in the Education Act's code of conduct and has always...
DATE: May 15, 1998
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for his treatment of three students caught stealing. They described his action as "mediaeval''. But Mr. Butler defended his actions, saying the punishment was a last resort. ---- Page 2 ARIEL SANDS TO LOSE MANAGER TOU Ariel Sands to lose manager ...
DATE: May 14, 1998
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announced that she will not be defending her St. George's South seat for the Opposition at the next election.
At a press conference yesterday Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith announced that the Reverend Dr. Wilbur Lowe and local businessman Arthur Pi...
DATE: May 14, 1998
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