Education

C.A.H.S. To Be Heavily Restricted Or Altogether Condemned For 2019-2020 School Year

ST. THOMAS -- Use of the Charlotte Amalie High School will either be heavily restricted or altogether condemned for the 2019-2020 school, The Consortium has learned. Structural issues affecting the facility are manifold and place students in danger of being hurt. According to a person with knowledge of the matter, C.A.H.S. students will most likely be moved to modular units being utilized by the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, while students of the junior high school would have to be moved elsewhere, this person said. Where, exactly, ACJHS students would move to has not yet been determined. Department of Education Director of Communications, Cynthia Graham, said D.O.E. knows of the problems at C.A.H.S. and plans on addressing them. "We are aware of the challenges at C.A.H.S., and we are meeting with stakeholders and C.A.H.S. teachers and informing them of the situation. When we have a concrete plan in place, it will be released to the public," Ms. Graham said. Some of the issues ...