Dorsetshire Hill Gov’t School to be temporarily relocated
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines is in discussions with the Dorsetshire Hill community on the temporary relocation of the students of the Dorsetshire Hill Government School, while the building undergoes extensive renovations.{{more}}
The Ministry of Education and school officials met with parents, past students, community leaders and teachers on the evening of Friday, October 10, 2014 at the school.
The consultation was also attended by representatives from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), and the Central Planning Division (CPD).
The option to relocate the students and faculty to the nearby evangelical church during the construction was unanimously supported by the community. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Nicole Bonadie-Baker, assured parents that her ministry will be working assiduously to relocate the school population with the least disruption to the community during the construction, which is scheduled for July 2015.
NEMOâs deputy director Michelle Forbes explained to the large gathering that her organization is continuing the process of increasing emergency shelter capacity throughout the state and that the community of Dorsetshire Hill formed part of that initiative.
The school is being renovated under the EC$165.4 million SVG Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (RDVRP), which was declared effective by the World Bank on September 9, 2011, and is being implemented over a seven-year period that ends on December 31, 2018.
CPDâs project coordinator for the RDVRP, Richard MacLeish, updated the community of the phases to upgrade the facility to NEMOâs emergency shelter standards. MacLeish noted that the school was assessed by consultants for its structural integrity earlier in the year and the next phase, a design consultancy, was soon to commence. MacLeish also advised the gathering that construction was not likely to commence until mid July 2015, and would last for six to eight months.
The community expressed its thanks for the information and stated that it looks forward to the speedy completion of the project.
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