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Bahamas public schools to be CLOSED on Monday & Tuesday
By Bahamas Department of Education
Aug 27, 2015 - 10:21:33 PM

The Bahamas Department of Education wishes to advise that due to Tropical Storm Erika, the opening of school has been delayed. All public schools will be closed on Monday, August 31^st and Tuesday, September 1^st, 2015.

All administrators, teachers and custodial staff should report for duty on Wednesday, 2^nd September,

All 7^th and 10^th graders attending Junior and Senior High School respectively for the first time will report to school on Thursday, 3^rd September for orientation.

All 8^th and 11^th graders will report to school on for orientation on Friday, 4^th September and

All preschool, primary, junior and senior high school students will report to school for the first official day on Monday, 7^th September, 2015.

Once the weather system passes over and we are able to make assessments, we will provide further information. We will be certain to keep administrators, teachers, students, parents and the general public abreast with any new developments as they arise. I encourage the public to stay posted to our Facebook page Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Bahamas for updates as well as local radio stations and ZNS.

We hope you all remain safe during this time and thank you for your cooperation.