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Staff crunch forcing specialist school to turn blind students away

From Jamaica Gleaner · () English

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  • A guidance counsellor at Jamaica’s Salvation Army School for the Blind says staffing shortages prevent the institution from meeting students’ needs.
  • Sean Harvey is calling for urgent support after the school turned away students and risked breaching the Disabilities Act.

The Salvation Army School for the Blind is turning away students who need its services because it does not have enough staff.

Guidance counsellor Sean Harvey is calling for urgent support, saying current staffing levels cannot meet the needs of the school’s students.

Harvey also warned that the institution is at risk of breaching Jamaica’s Disabilities Act as a result of the admissions it has been unable to accept.

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