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Article by YVETTE BEST

AN ODOUR IS STILL evident in at least two areas at Combermere, but teachers will be back in the classrooms when school reopens this morning.

This follows a vote during a meeting at the Waterford, St Michael school yesterday afternoon after a tour of the compound for just over two and a half hours with their representative, the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU), officials from the Ministry of Education, president of the Parent-Teacher Association, Rolerick Sobers, representatives from Combermere Old Scholars Association and the volunteer team, which carried out various tests at the compound.

Speaking to journalists following a meeting with her members, BSTU president Mary Redman said the teachers would return to work as scheduled.

“Teachers have taken a vote that given the volume of work that has taken place, they, too, are interested in resuming classes with the students, while recognising the fact that work is still ongoing . . . . ” (YB)

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