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Tiles draw smiles at Norwood Basic School

WESTERN BUREAU: Students of Norwood Basic in St James will get a pleasant surprise when in-person classes resume on October 5 after the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay spent J$200,000 to tile the school’s assembly area and front steps. Members of the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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