There's A Huge Propane Gas Tank Installed Near Classrooms At The Claude O. Markoe Elementary School

ST. CROIX -- A sizable gas tank used by the Department of Human Services has been embedded on the grounds of the Claude O. Markoe Elementary School in Frederiksted, posing a dangerous and even deadly threat to the children, faculty and staff who attend and work at the school. The propane gas tank was discovered during a school tour organized by the Department of Education and the 31st Legislature, where Education officials, including Commissioner Sharon McCollum and Assistant Commissioner Charmaine Hobson-Johnson, senators, among them Kurt Vialet, Myron Jackson, Kenneth Gittens and others — along with members the Senate’s staff — traversed the grounds of Claude O. Markoe, Eulalie Rivera and Charles H. Emanuel Elementary Schools, examining their surroundings and classrooms to see firsthand if they were prepared for the new school year. These schools were chosen because they are set to house students from schools temporarily shuttered for repairs. Senators, 31st Legislature staff and DO...