{"id":96727,"date":"2020-01-16T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T04:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=96727"},"modified":"2020-01-16T07:08:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T11:08:45","slug":"heavy-rains-cause-closure-of-st-mary-secondary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/heavy-rains-cause-closure-of-st-mary-secondary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rains Cause Closure Of St. Mary Secondary School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another secondary school has closed its gate, on Wednesday, as a result of constant heavy rains.<\/p>

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More than three hundred students and staff members at the St. Mary Secondary School had to return home and according to the principal, Casey Phillip, classes have been affected by heavy rainfall since Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a decision was made to close Clare Hall Secondary School for the remainder of the week due to a flea infestation.<\/p>

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Phillip explained that the rains affected the schoolyard but not the classrooms.<\/p>

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“The condition is such that when it rains very heavily, the parking situation at the school for teachers is compromised badly. Teachers were unable to find proper parking, they were able to, for the most part, exit their vehicles without stepping into water, into mud, etc. That would have been going on for quite a while. The classroom are not affected, it is just the yard that is affected and so because teachers aren’t able to park, they are not really able to come to work. ” said the principal.<\/p>\n

This is not a new occurrence at the school as a lack of proper drainage has been an issue on the compound yet to be resolved.<\/p>

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“The problem seems to be that there is no proper run-off for the water and so when it rains, what happens is the water settles and run-off takes a few days. So we have stagnant water, we would have to call the Central Board of Health to spray the yard a few times because the water would have taken too long to run-off” said Phillip.<\/p>\n

Education Director Clare Browne says that the school was built on reclaimed land and so they have constantly been faced with a drainage challenge.<\/p>

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The principal has requested that gravel be poured in the flooded areas and according to Browne the ministry is working alongside the Ministry Of Public Works to rectify the issue.<\/p>

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