All Clear For School At Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary
BVI Platinum News
Updated: February 07, 2013 8:56 am AST
Published: February 06, 2013 3:47 pm AST
Minister for Education and Culture, Hon. Myron V. Walwyn inspecting sanitation works on the Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary School with Principal, Valerie Welsh during a visit on February 6, 2013.
Photo Credit: Gordon French/BVI Platinum News
Minister of Education and Culture, Hon. Myron Walwyn has assured that the Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary School has been given a clean bill of health and classes will resume as per norm starting tomorrow, February 7.

The Minister gave the assurance following a visit to the school where he toured the classrooms and other offices which were affected by unsanitary conditions that caused the closure of the school on Tuesday.

"The Environmental Health Department came by at midday today and gave the all clear for school to resume and everything is in order. It will be ready for opening tomorrow and we want to thank very much the Principal, Valerie Welsh and her entire staff here at the Enid Scatliffe School for the hard work that they have put in over the last couple days. We know it was very stressful for them," Minister Walwyn told BVI Platinum News.

He also thanked the Parent Teachers Association for their forthrightness and for working very closely with the Department of Education.

The Minister also thanked the Environmental Health Department, Corea's Cleaning and all the other persons who were instrumental in helping the department get the school back to normalcy.

During the visit of the school by BVI Platinum News, teachers were seen at the school helping to clean and get the classrooms set for tomorrow.

A teacher fixes teaching aids for students at Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary School.
Photo Credit: Gordon French/BVI Platinum News
Minister Walwyn pointed out that the biggest issue was that sometime last week when the telephone company came into the building to install some telephone wires, one of the roof tiles came down in the principal's office and it was discovered that there were rat fecaes on the opposite side of the tile.

"Upon examination it seems as if it permeated the entire school and the stench certainly took over and created a health issue for the students. So we came in and we had Corea's Cleaning to come in and take all the tiles down; sanitize the entire roof; sanitize the roof tiles as well as both sides of the tiles; clean all the walls and walkways. Anything that we think could have possibly been contaminated were cleaned," Minister Walwyn stated.

The issue first surfaced last Thursday, January 31 and students were evacuated from the classrooms.
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hahahah | Report Abuse
dem need to rebuild tha skool cause i want my child to be safe
February 07 at 6:22pm  |  Like   Dislike
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Caution | Report Abuse
Ensure these old wooden tiles are treated wood to prevent the growing of mold from moisture! There's no water at the school due to contamination in the cistern so be kind and drop a case for the children! Together we shall prosper.
February 07 at 6:06pm  |  Like   Dislike
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PARENT | Report Abuse
well well My child still home cause I know and they all well know its still not safe from all them chemicals used, no time to air out the rooms my child must go and inhale all that. Seriously I know its in the best interest for the Minister to have the school but safety for my child is my best... more
February 07 at 12:22pm  |  Like ▪ 3 People like this.   Dislike
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Vicious | Report Abuse
How you know? Schuups go siddung!
February 07 at 2:00pm  |  Like ▪ 4 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 2 People dislike this.
parent | Report Abuse
myron alll the way forward ever backward never swift move hon walwyn u just came from away and went straight into buiness with the enid scatliffe schoool am so proud of you keep up the good work ! who vex let them vex now cause myron always ready! best ministry of education minister!!! i just... more
February 07 at 8:47am  |  Like ▪ 4 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 6 People dislike this.
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It was a Bad Call | Report Abuse
Taking all things into consideration including the age of the children being affected the parents should not have had to put up a fight for the health of their children. Rat faeces is nothing to play with, if one of these kids came into contact with this it could have had fatal results. We... more
February 06 at 10:28pm  |  Like ▪ 9 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 4 People dislike this.
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Maybe you should give him your name and number so that he can get your opinion on whether you find it to be "TOTALLY SANITARY". Possibly you can help to chip in to ensure that it is fit to reopen.
February 07 at 9:11am  |  Like ▪ 7 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 2 People dislike this.
shameful | Report Abuse
both parties allowed our schools to get to this point focusing on gimmick grades or free computers for all instead of providing sanitary conditions for our students to go to school in.
February 06 at 7:02pm  |  Like ▪ 7 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 3 People dislike this.
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Good job | Report Abuse
Minister thank you for a job well done. You've been working on this even when you were overseas and even more so when you returned. We should thank the teachers and all others.
February 06 at 7:00pm using an iPhone  |  Like ▪ 5 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 8 People dislike this.
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Health Inspector | Report Abuse
Better late than never but only an idiot would attempt to praise Myron for the handling of this matter. He only took action to resolve this after children were taught while sitting on the dirty roadside and allowed the school to remain open even after the health hazards were brought up. Anywhere... more
February 06 at 6:23pm  |  Like ▪ 23 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 10 People dislike this.
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Oxford | Report Abuse
3 comments so far and even though they may disagree with the job that Myron has done so far, the one thing that is clear is that minister seems to be a hard word to spell.
February 06 at 6:08pm  |  Like ▪ 19 People like this.   Dislike
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you ain lie at all! I'm wondering if it's 3 different people or the same person that posted more than once, if it's the latter then lord help us!
February 06 at 6:21pm  |  Like ▪ 9 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 1 Person dislike this.
What? THIS IS Fact | Report Abuse
Minister of education and valrie welsh are just bad people who are covering up the fact the school is not read for reopen it is empty galvanize you l;ooking at. The class room hot the children will be very uncomfortable parent we need to go and examine it for our self when we drop of f our kids... more
February 06 at 5:53pm  |  Like ▪ 4 People like this.   Dislike ▪ 19 People dislike this.
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