St. Martin News Network - More Monies Needed to Build New Secondary School.

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Philipsburg:--- Commissioner of Education William Marlin and USONA Director Reginald Doran signed off on two contracts on Wednesday. One of contracts is for the new secondary school, which is to be built in Cay Hill. USONA is providing 5.6 million guilders for the construction of the school while the island government of St. Maarten has to provide the other 5 million guilders to fulfill the entire construction cost. On display were some drawings, which depict the SBO School, which is to be built later. Marlin said 4 million guilders are for the construction of the school while 1.6 is for the preparation of the teachers that would be teaching at that school when it is completed. Marlin said while the agreement was signed off on Wednesday the four million will be released when St. Maarten has air marked the remaining funds. Marlin said it is important for government to identify and air mark the monies because unless that is done the Dutch Government will not release the four million guilders.
Marlin and Doran also signed off a 2.6 million guilders contract, which is, go towards the training of teachers and to buy materials for the PSVE schools on St. Maarten. Marlin said the monies will not be used to build new classrooms but instead some of it will be used to also improve some of the structures that are already in place. The duration of this project is to last two years and is intended to raise the level of education in the PSVE stream.

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