I was very pleased with the work done and if I was going to do any more work I would be be hiring them again.

I will be back on the island on Aug 3rd and would be happy to meet you in person.

You are just one of those ingnorant PLP follower that just doesn’t know how to make it for yourself.

“you can lead a horse to water…”

or more appropriately it seems these naysayers “Know what they believe” Whereas we prefer to “believe what we know”

I see deep roots of jealousy and hatred and this saddens me because it is not the way forward and it is completely unnecessary. We don’t all have to agree – but be kind!

Second, there is every indication the investment ($39m as of a couple of weeks ago) paid great returns. Teams, support teams, and families have been living here for 2+ years, paying rent and spending. For the last 2 months the island has been full, with hotels, restaurants, and everyone else busier than they have ever been.

If you’re too stupid to understand, that’s really your problem.

By the way, the ‘impressive’ Berkeley Institute was quoted at $60m, cost $120m, and then the Union Bond for $7m was never collected, despite taxpayers having paid a $700,000 premium. The fact that you trumpet that as a success is pretty typical. Cost overruns all over the place, and you think the best answer is just to borrow more.

I bet by the time you take money spent and money made (and we won’t even throw in a number for exposure) the number the gov’t actually ended up spending on the AC (once the monies made has been deducted) is lower than any number we have seen-may even be a positive number which will really screw up the naysayers

The Government must:
-Establish and oversee the public education strategy
- Invest (in buildings/supplies/teacher etc)
- Set an appropriate curriculum (to interest the kids/teachers whilst being competitive on a global stage)
- Monitor results (or set framework to do so)
- Hold responsible parties to account for those results (whilst ultimately being held to account themselves)
- develop an economy that has opportunities for students post education.

Schools/Teachers must:
- Employ suitably skilled teachers
- work with Gov to set curriculum & identify needs of school
-be enthusiastic / inspire children
- equip children to function in the modern world
- engage with parents to provide feedback on children’s performance
- be held accountable for performance and hols Gov/parents and students accountable

Parents must:
- ensure children show up on time equipped adequately
- encourage children to engage at school and complete homework
- accept and act on schools/teachers feedback
- provide their own feedback on the schools performance and areas for improvement.
- hold schools/gov accountable

Then to top all of this off the Child must then want to learn.

These are a lot of cogs (and I’m sure there are many more) that must work in unison to establish a good system. If one element stops working it makes work that much harder for the others. If enough breakdown then the system stops all together and everyone starts playing the blame game.

By the way, I do recall the previous government building a rather impressive new Berkeley Institute, say what you will about the cost.

As they say , ‘you can’t make this stuff up’ .

Please remember that the previous government did not spend any money on our schools either more like put this country in debt… wasted money spent on many projects that went wrong poor judgement and planning.

I suppose they did a “crap job” and were “lazy” to complete the common narrative shared by the bigots…calling you “CNN” on this one – scripted, no real sources, and fake.

And as far as the schools were concerned If you are a “black Bermudian”- as you claim – you clearly went to a private school! Our public schools were in a crap state long before the PLP admin. – the larger point of the schools is that it clearly shows that no matter what gov’t Education – public that is – takes a back seat.

Love to holler PLP at any and everything wrong in Bermuda no matter how much the OBA is at the helm.

I HATE Politics, I LOVE Bermuda. I support the Americas Cup. I think (it has yet to be proven) that Bermuda will be better off for it. I KNOW many Bermudians benefited in a many ways.

However, it remains that a lot of what Mr Charles is pointing out is true.

Millions of dollars were quickly uncovered to dress up the building at Malabar so that VIPs (read the One Bermuda Alliance and friends) could convene there while at public schools, Harrington Sound Primary School in particular was infested with bird mites and rather than tent the school and take radical action against any infestation, the CHEAP option was taken and days after the first remediation children were still being bitten.

Teachers and children were expected to function in this environment while no expense was spared at Malabar.

A slap in the face, and a truth that Mike Charles is pointing out.

The truth isn’t always pretty, but it’s always the truth.

This is ignorance at its best.

I wholeheartedly support America’s Cup and initiatives that benefit Bermuda…
lest we forget the schools should be in that list.

Fat Cats. Disgusting remarks

It should be and needs to be fixed no matter who the government is, OBA or PLP. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. All schools need to be fixed. If a government can find money for an event like AC that will NOT produce a profit, it can very well find money to fix schools which will produce a well educated healthy future for this island.