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Mercy alive and well at Alpha Boys' School
Jean LOWRIE-CHIN
Monday, April 14, 2014 2 Comments
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AFTER almost 130 years of nurturing Jamaican boys, the Alpha Boys' School is closing its residential facilities. On the positive side, however, the school will expand its educational offerings. You would think that an institution like Alpha would have no difficulty receiving a decent subvention for its good work. But, like many others of its kind, it has been struggling financially.
"We understand that the decision to close the residential part of Alpha Boys School has been subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation," commented Sister Marie Chin, area administrator of the Sisters of Mercy, when I called her after hearing the reports. "We appreciate this opportunity to explain that the closing of the residential part is due to a constellation of factors that are as much social as they are economic."
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...chool_16464587
Jean LOWRIE-CHIN
Monday, April 14, 2014 2 Comments
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AFTER almost 130 years of nurturing Jamaican boys, the Alpha Boys' School is closing its residential facilities. On the positive side, however, the school will expand its educational offerings. You would think that an institution like Alpha would have no difficulty receiving a decent subvention for its good work. But, like many others of its kind, it has been struggling financially.
"We understand that the decision to close the residential part of Alpha Boys School has been subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation," commented Sister Marie Chin, area administrator of the Sisters of Mercy, when I called her after hearing the reports. "We appreciate this opportunity to explain that the closing of the residential part is due to a constellation of factors that are as much social as they are economic."
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...chool_16464587
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