Education

Senator Sarauw Calls On D.O.E. To Delay Start Day Of C.A.H.S., Cancryn And Lockhart: 'They Are Not Truly Ready To Open'

ST. THOMAS -- Before the opening of each school year, many teachers visit their assigned school to clean their respective classrooms. This sometimes includes a lot of work -- taking out garbage, dusting windows, cleaning floors. Yet imagine doing all of this cleaning work only to be reassigned to another school by the Dept. of Education. This happened to at least one teacher in the St. Thomas-St. John District, while many others, according to Senator Janelle Sarauw, were reassigned at the last minute. It accentuates, according to the senator, the unpreparedness of the Department of Education, at least with the Charlotte Amalie High School, the Addelita Cancryn Intermediate & Junior High School (formerly the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School), and the Lockhart Primary School (formerly the Lockhart Elementary School). Ms. Sarauw toured the aforementioned along with the Joseph Sibilly Elementary School on Friday and found a number of issues at all of them. From a moldy and dirty door an...