Bahamian education officials are scrambling to find classroom space for up to 10...
NASSAU - Bahamian education officials are scrambling to find classroom space for up to 10,000 students displaced by Hurricane Dorian after the Category 5 storm ravaged two of the archipelago’s northern islands, destroying many school buildings.
As a thunderstorm bellowed outside the arena and another tropical storm headed toward the country, parents who had evacuated from the northern islands cradled babies, while young boys playfully chased one another. Abaco had 17 schools, most of them public, and Grand Bahama had about 20, said Belinda Wilson, president of Bahamas Union of Teachers. She said all of the union’s members on the two islands were located and safe.
Officials said they hoped fewer than 10,000 students would need placements. They plan to distribute them at schools across the islands with a total of 400,000 residents.
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