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12 June, 2009

New Minister and Chief Officer Tour Clifton Hunter

Since the recent elections and subsequent reshuffling of the ministries the ministry responsible for education has gone through a slimming down process. Having dropped “Youth , Sports & Culture,” the Ministry and the new Minister are dedicated to focusing all of it efforts on the future of Cayman. As part of their familiarization of their responsibilities the new Education Minister, Hon. Rolston Anglin and the new Chief Officer, Mrs. Mary Rodrigues, took a tour of the ever growing Clifton Hunter Campus.

Head of the Education Dept, Mrs. Shirley Wahler (L) and the new Chief Officer, Mrs. Mary Rodriques (R) suit up for their visit.
Accompanied by the architects, head of Education Services, Mrs. Shirley Wahler, Head of Curriculum Services, Clive Baker and various others, the Minister and CO were able to walk around the campus and get a real feel for what the new school was about. Mr. Baker explained some of the plans and basic structure of the school as well as some of the hurdles they had already encountered and had to find solutions to.


Head of Curriculum Services Clive Baker explains some of the workings of the new campus to the Minister for Education the Hon. Rolston Anglin

The Minister is committed to the completion of the projects and took in all of the information about the new school as part of his quest to get an overall picture of education as it currently stands.

Mr. Baker highlights some key points of the building on a plan.

As far as the construction goes, the school is moving along nicely. AC ducts are being put into one of the academies, electrical prep work is being done in the main entry building and the construction of the covered walkways has started. The Facilities Manager, David Bodden was also on hand and he commented that the construction is on schedule for its September 2010 opening.


Minister Anglin and Facilities Manager David Bodden look over the Campus.
Behind them is the main entrance building and in the middle ground the construction of the covered walkways is starting

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