Friday, April 24, 2026

Parents still worried

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THE GATES OF Combermere School will swing open bright and early on Tuesday morning.

However, whether or not teaching will occur at the Waterford institution may be another matter.

That was the concern hundreds of parents of Combermerians had as they packed the Major Noot Hall yesterday afternoon at a just over three-hour meeting with the executive of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU), teachers, officials of the ministries of Education and Labour and volunteer experts shed no further light on the mystery.

But even before the BSTU sets foot on the Waterford compound for the scheduled 10 a.m. tour of the facilities on Monday, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education Senator Harry Husbands made it clear last night that “school is open for business”.

 

Please read the full story in today’s Saturday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.

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