Coopers Pen school blues
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- Seven of 25 school-age children whose homes were demolished in Coopers Pen attended the start of the new school year.
- Eighteen children reportedly relocated to relatives elsewhere, leaving uncertainty over when they can return to school.
Only seven of the 25 school-age children whose homes were bulldozed during a recent demolition exercise in Coopers Pen, Trelawny, turned out for the start of the new school year on Monday.
Displaced families struggled to prepare the children for classes. Residents told The Gleaner that the other 18 children had been relocated to relatives in different areas.
Their relocation has created uncertainty about when, or whether, they will be able to resume school.
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