Topic: Community Development, Roads, Schools | Posted By: lstevens
Friday, 3 September 2021 - 4:40pm
The Government of the Virgin Islands will be hosting a public meeting at the Leonora Delville Primary School, Capoon'sBay on Sunday, September 5 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss several projects including the Carrot Bay/Northside sea defense project, Frenchman's Cay Bridge project, the future of Isabella Morris Primary School, repairs to Leonora Delville Primary School, West End Community Centre and the Development of a Cultural and Agricultural Village on the Carrot Bay landfill.
Mister Speaker, I would have made a statement to the Virgin Islands on Tuesday regarding the opening of school, and I believe that it is important that it be read into the records of the this Honourable House, so when future parliamentarians take their place and look back at history, they would know exactly what was done and said in the Honourable House at a specific point in our history.
Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley has announced that students in the Territory will return to their classrooms for the 2021-2022 Academic School Year.
The Ministry of Health and Social Development is notifying the community that Simmonds Preschool will be closed temporarily for 14 days following the detection of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in the pediatric population.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Agriculture and Fisheries has handed over the first 2020 Don Hanson Charitable Foundation box filled with books to the Willard Wheatley Primary School.