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USVI: Teacher struck by student, another followed home
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Following a teacher job action at the Lockhart K-8 School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, which resulted in the early release of students from grades 4 to 8, the [[US] VI Department of Education has issued a statement addressing the recent disturbances. The job action is attributed to teachers expressing concerns over working conditions and disciplinary issues with students.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Travis M. Walters
He was raised in the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands and now resides in the United States of America. Having experienced both sides of the world he truly testifies, “now that I live abroad, I realise all the qualities that I took for granted.”
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kishelle D. Parsons
This week’s young professional has chosen a career that is important to any society and has made the sacrifice of leaving her comfort zone and home, the Virgin Islands, to get the necessary training and knowledge so that she can return to proudly make her contribution to the territory.
Nikita H. Naval pleads not guilty stealing cellphone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Nikita H. Naval on January 28, 2015 told the Magistrate’s Court that at the age of 20 years he is a fifth form student of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and that he was born in St Lucia but could not say how long he has been living in the Territory, as he pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft.
Last-ditch bid to keep student Yashika Bageerathi in UK
BBC News
Lawyers are set to make a last attempt to block the removal of a Mauritian student who is due to be deported.
UPDATE: Child hit on crosswalk discharged from hospital
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The school child who was hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross the road on Waterfront Drive, Road Town on November 22, 2013 has been discharged from hospital.
Student loses part of a finger in “school accident”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This morning April 26, 2012, a student of the Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary lost a piece of his finger when a door reportedly slammed into it at the school.
Magistrate denies application for Evans’ case to be heard in HC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a lengthy submission by Dr. J S Archibald, QC on behalf of Gary Evans, a former high school teacher found guilty of fondling a student in 2010, to have the matter transferred to the High Court for human rights reason – it was denied yesterday afternoon, February 20, 2012 by Magistrate Tamia Richards.