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Dept. of Education Provides Status Update on School Rebuild/Repair Projects Territory-Wide

The Virgin Islands Department of Education has provided an update on progress it said is being made on  new construction and/or modernization of the territory’s public schools.  St. Croix District  Arthur A. Richards Jr. High School Demolition  Demolition is well underway and will continue for the next eight months at the Arthur A. Richards Jr. High School (now Arthur A. Richards K-8 School), which was destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. All permits were acquired successfully from the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. The contractor is Consolidated Asphalt and Civil Works LLC. Weekly meetings are held with the contractor, VIDE personnel and the Department of Public Works to ensure the proper execution of the project, D.O.E. said. "The goal is to relocate the Arthur A. Richards PreK-8 School to the current site of the Evelyn M. Williams Elementary School," D.O.E. said. Global design firm, the DLR Group, has been preparing the bridging documents ...