Students of The St. Mary’s Primary School on their first day.
Ahead of the start of yesterday’s 2016-2017 academic year in an interview with The Barbados Advocate, Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), President, Pedro Shepherd had expressed an expectation that refurbishments carried out during the vacation at some educational institutions would have been completed prior to the beginning of the new term.
However, the Westbury Primary School, where major renovation and cleaning was carried out, was one institution which was unavailable for use yesterday. The opening of this school for students and staff has been postponed until Wednesday, September 14.
The 2016-2017 academic year is slated to run for 38 weeks. The just started school term will conclude on December 15, for students and for teachers on Friday, December 16. (MG)