Two departments at Saddlers Secondary School closed due to unhealthy conditions

A section of the Saddlers Secondary School has been closed as a result of suspected unhealthy conditions.

According to multiple sources, the two science labs and the home economics department at the school have been closed and cordoned off.

Sources said students and teachers have been experiencing itchy throats over a period of time prompting health concerns.

Officers from the St Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards have visited the school and the decision was made to vacate those areas.

Several government buildings have had to be abandoned in recent years after public officers complained of illness due to infestation.

A number of employees at the Parcel Post section of the General Post Office on the Bay Road recently became ill and were sent on medical leave.

A few weeks ago, teachers at the Cayon High School signed a petition to force the government to take swift action in relation to the unhealthy situation at the educational institution. Several teachers experienced illnesses.

There has been massive outbreaks of mold at several government-owned institutions in the past three years. The National Housing Corporation (NHC) was fumigated, the Verchild's High School was infected, the Department of Sport was forced to vacate to the media centre and VIP boxes at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium. The Ministry of Education also moved its administrative offices to The Cable Building on Cayon Street. The Administration Building at the main Burdon Campus of the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) was closed, reopened and closed again and mold was also found in the President’s Office forcing the occupant of the office to relocate to a container in the yard of the main campus.

The technical and vocational division has also experienced mold problems.

A section of Police Headquarters was closed due to the presence of mold as did a section of the Basseterre Police Station due to an infestation of bed bugs.

The Sandy Point Primary School was recently fumigated as a result of an infestation of cockroaches and rats.