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USVI to receive $384m from FEMA for school rebuilding
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands (USVI) is set to receive a substantial $384.8 million investment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to demolish and rebuild hurricane-damaged schools, marking a significant advancement in the territory's recovery efforts from hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
‘The most non-invasive testing will be chosen’ for schools- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The most non-invasive testing will be done on students when the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Development, introduces rapid testing for the coronavirus in schools.
'Cindy' threatens lawsuit over COVID-19 testing in schools
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said introducing COVID-19 testing at public schools is not to be abusive or to trample on children’s rights, but to protect everyone in the educational system.
CDC says vaccinated or not, students should return to classrooms
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, July 9, 2021, issued its clearest indication thus far that it believes the coronavirus has receded and continues to diminish — even with the now-dominate Delta Covid variant in the US — as the federal health agency said schools should reopen to in-person learning whether or not students and teachers are vaccinated.
Cabinet announcing full school reopening by next week – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced that given no active confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the territory, the VI cabinet will be making moves to fully reopen schools.
Schools unlikely to physically reopen in September due to latest COVID-19 measures
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Students and teachers who were looking forward to physically returning to school in September 2020 may have to continue in their online space, until November 2020 at least.
VI schools remain closed during 1st phase of internal reopening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When the Virgin Islands emerges from complete lockdown and begins to reopen internally from next week, educational institutions across the Territory will remain shut, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has stated.
‘It’s our duty to collectively assist Gov’t’- Kyla K. Forbes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Schools throughout the Territory will benefit from a series of initiatives hosted by not-for-profit organisation, The Reaching Out Foundation, which was recently reactivated after nearly 4 years in a state of dormancy.
Taking a closer look at schools & churches
By Alred C. Frett
I am no Saint, Teacher nor Sunday School Preacher: None of us are perfect but not everything or everyone is bad or wrong – There is much good and right in things and People… I know this, because thanks to you, I survived challenges that could have easily destroyed me… You too, may have been fortunate and we should see our survival and successes as opportunities to give thanks by preparing the less fortunate for survival & progress.
Speaker invites local schools to attend sittings of HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- During the Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands on June 3, 2019, the gallery was occupied by a number of students from the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School of Sea Cows Bay, Tortola.