Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School students told to stay home today due to sewage issue

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CHRISTIANSTED – Pearl B. Larsen PreK8 School will receive virtual instruction on Wednesday, March 6th, due to a sewage issue impacting the campus, the Virgin Islands Department of Education said today.

Classes will begin at 9:00 am on an abbreviated schedule, according to VIDE.

“Parents will receive virtual instructional links for their students,” VIDE said. “Only the Pearl B. Larsen PreK-8 School will operate on a virtual schedule on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.”

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.