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Petersfield High still feeling effect of bad shelter management experience

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Western Bureau: Nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica, students at Petersfield High School are still attending classes just twice a week, leaving parents worried about lost learning time and prompting calls for a rethink of how schools are used as emergency shelters. Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) President Beanchor Crigland-Crooks said the school’s prolonged disruption had left students and teachers struggling to recover, particularly those preparing for external examinations.

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