Education

Bryan Announces Racquel Berry As His Choice For Department Of Education Commissioner

Racquel Berry, above, who has worked at the Department of Education in the St. Thomas-St. John District for years as a superintendent, was announced by Governor Albert Bryan as his choice for commissioner of D.O.E. The announcement was made during Mr. Bryan's first State of the Territory Address on Monday night, where the territory's leader vowed to focus on early childhood education as one of his top priorities for the department. "Our strategy is to utilize our Department of Education in tandem with the Department of Labor, the University of the Virgin Islands and our Career and Technical Board to focus on the intersectionality and make those our priorities in creating our workforce pipeline," the governor said. He added, "The key to this success, however, is continuing our focus on early childhood education. The expansion of the education system to include K-4, which has been mandated by law, is far overdue. That is the foundation of this pipeline. "It is our goal to expan...