Teachers return to classes at CW Sawyer Primary School, await mould report

By RIEL MAJOR

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday said teachers of CW Sawyer Primary School have returned to the classrooms but are still waiting for the assessment of the mould testing report and the full report on the structural condition of the school.

Mrs Wilson told The Tribune that her members are still concerned about their health, safety and well-being.

She said: "The structural soundness of the school has been conducted by independent engineers and The Bahamas Union of Teachers will continue to monitor the situation."

Last week Tuesday outside of Cabinet, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd addressed the structural issues at the school.

“As you know Sybil Strachan, with regard to the scabies, that has been addressed and rectified and I believe that students and teachers are back, as well as CW Sawyer,” he told reporters.

“We are looking at the structural circumstance of the entire school system, including CW Sawyer. Our teams, along with the Ministry of Works’ teams, have been working to assess exactly what the state of the physical structure is as an update to the assessment that was done last year and during the summertime.

“So there is a constant revision of that update. But we have just done so in the last week and a half. And the idea is to see where there might be issues that will arise from a critical standpoint that need to be immediately addressed.

“We have been mandated by the Ministry of Finance to provide a report on the costing of what may be required between now and the end of the fiscal year and that is in process at this time and we should have a response in terms of any leads determined by the end of...this Tuesday.”