Ground broken for reconstruction of special needs school
The government has broken ground for the construction of a new Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre — a school for differently-students in the British Virgin Islands.
This follows last Friday’s contract-signing ceremony for the project valued at $3,959,690.15. The multimillion-dollar redevelopment was awarded to Autland Heavy Equipment Co. Ltd.
While endorsing the project being done through the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said he hopes for the new school to improve integration and interaction for its students.
Those students have been housed at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School since the destruction of their facility during Hurricanes Irma and Maria back in 2017.
Meanwhile, Education Minister Sharie de Castro said the project holds immense promise for the future of the Virgin Islands.
“Today, we gather with renewed determination and enthusiasm as we embark on a journey to rebuild the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre,” de Castro stated.
“The new school will provide an education that is inclusive, empowering, and aligned with our territory’s mandate to educate all children. Education is a universal right and we firmly believe that every child, regardless of their abilities, or disability deserves an education that is tailored to their individual needs,” she added.
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I commend the government for this project. It is long overdue for years.
I’m happy this is finally happening and I commend the Gov’t for their funding and the RDA for their planning, expertise and project management to bring it to this point. The students will soon have a new home.
build it faster than the ESHS in 2022.
What about the Mighty Mighty Scatliffe School?
Unreasonable expectation. Clearly you don’t know what such a feat entails.
What are the details, where is the school located, how long is the project estimated, how many students, not much info in this report other than a spade and a $
The public wants to know what happen to Althea Scatliffe Primary School when is the ground breakinf for that. You promised 18 months it will be up one school year already gone…
I was just about to ask i tired of these pickups for Enis Adams at the festival grounds because the buses never on time. Tell me why i beg to go pick up my child from work and the buses dont reach till 30 mins to an hr later than when they should have arrived. Yall gonna make people lose their job. I have already been warned.. sigh I cant afford to pay to collect them, A dont drive and I cant leave ma child on the festival grounds till when I done work. Make it make sense
its pure theatrics , so they just making it look real , just sitting down in the road was
Let’s be positive community. The students of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning centered are now getting the infrastucture to support their unique academic learning needs. I’m so happy that the Gov’t is investing in them from the ground up. NOt putting them in trailers or retrofitting some building but from the design concept, creating a building to deliver what they need to learn. That’s equity, that’s inclusion and I’m happy its happening for them.
So what happens to the building where they were before Irma?
You can you compare that building to the high school project.
You just prove to me some of you bloggers just like to talk s**t for no reason.