Smooth start to face-to-face at Somerton All-Age

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Smooth start to face-to-face at Somerton All-Age

WESTERN BUREAU: Face-to-face classes were completed successfully at Somerton All-Age and Infant in St James on Tuesday as a 17-school pilot got under way with COVID-19 social-distancing and sanitising protocols. Somerton was one of three schools...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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