The Tribune

PRIMARY schools St Bede’s and Our Lady’s took to the streets yesterday to commemorate Catholic School Week for the last time.

Staff, students and alumni of St Bede’s took part in a motorcade around the island, while Our Lady’s held a special assembly followed by a junkanoo rush-out.

The aim was to celebrate the history of the schools, both slated for closure in June.

Late last year, Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald announced that while the schools would close and cease to operate under the Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, they will be used by the government under a lease agreement.

He said St Bede’s and Our Lady’s will be instrumental in the continuing of education in the country.

The minister said officials had not yet decided how the properties would be used.