GOVERNOR TOURS CLASSROOMS ON 3 ISLANDS ON FIRST DAY OF IN-PERSON CLASSES

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan toured public school classrooms on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John on the first day of in-person classes Tuesday. Bryan inspected the Ricardo Richards Elementary School on St. Croix, the Julius E. Sprauve K-8 School on St. John and the Joseph Gomez Elementary School on St. Thomas. Government House said the “Virgin Islands Department of Education (did) everything that could be expected to make the schools safe for students’ return to the classrooms.”

“Today, as a territory, we are taking a bold but cautious step toward where we know our students need to be,” Government House spokesman Richard Motta said. “We need our students back in the classroom, and it is Governor Bryan’s goal to get them safely back in the classroom setting.”

Upon seeing the protective gear installed around desks for students in pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms around the territory, one Virgin Islands Free Press reader made this comment.

“Why don’t they have these for the high schools?” Dora Magras-Cerge said from St. Thomas.

Vaccination Lottery winners

The winners for the August 27 drawings for $100,000 in the Vax-to-Win Lottery are:

Dianne Carroll on St. Croix

Wubnesh Nelson in the St. Thomas-St. John District

The $50,000 surplus left over from the August 6 drawing also was used for a supplemental drawing of $10,000 each to winners on St. Croix, two winners on St. Thomas and one winner on St. John.

Those winners are:

Marcus Davis and Aida Rios on St. Croix

Tafron Testamark and Rosa Da Cruz on St. Thomas

Donna Smith on St. John

Vaccinations and Testing

Anyone 12 and older is eligible to receive the vaccine. Please make sure to have a parent or guardian accompany any minor wishing to get vaccinated and must bring an ID for both the minor and the parent or guardian.

Anyone who thinks they may have contracted COVID-19 can call the Epidemiology hotline at 340-712-6299 or 340-776-1519. For more information, visit covid19usvi.com.