Tag: John Gray High School
Students say sorry for inappropriate video
(CNS): A group of teenage boys from John Gray High School made a public apology on YouTube this week about an earlier video they made showing boys and girls from the school being interviewed on campus and discussing their alleged sexual exploits and preferences. The first video, which was posted on Instagram, caused a stir […]
Gov’t must explain how it’s financing JGHS project
Johann Moxam writes: The legacy of mismanagement by former Minister of Education (2005-09) and now Premier Alden McLaughlin (2013-21) will feature many chapters on project mismanagement and his government’s penchant towards initiating institutional or infrastructural projects without the ability to manage them. This determination to build big shiny structures or black shiny roads regardless of […]
School project spending blurred in budget
(CNS): The total cost of the new John Gray High School development is forecast to be over CI$106 million, education ministry officials confirmed Wednesday during Finance Committee. But as the ministry sought the support of the committee for an additional $20 million to spend next year, the budgeting for the costly project became blurred when […]
UK architects say they won $40M JGHS contract
(CNS): A UK-based architecture firm has announced that it has been awarded the contract to design the new John Gray High School facility, though government has not yet revealed the full details of what was understood to be a competitive bid on the international market. It was opened in February, according to the government’s procurement […]
Small fire drives students out of school
(CNS): The John Gray High School (JGHS) campus was evacuated Wednesday morning after a small fire ignited under the stairs at the doorway of one of the modular classrooms. When smoke was spotted just before 8am, the students were immediately evacuated from all buildings and taken to the school fields and muster points in line […]
JGHS different concept from CHHS
(CNS): The government’s application to re-start work on the long stalled John Gray High School was given the final green light during the Central Planning Authority meeting on Wednesday. But the new design paints a picture of a very different school to the Clifton Hunter High School facility. The controversy over the cost and design […]
Suspect jumps into school to dodge police
(CNS): A man suspected of being involved in a serious assault on a woman jumped the John Gray High School fence Friday lunchtime, while school was in session, in an attempt to avoid the police. The intruder, who breached school security near the Dolphin Academy area by the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, was spotted by […]
Cabinet OKs plan for high school project
(CNS): An outline business case by consultants KPMG for the new John Gray High School project has been approved by government, and work is now moving onto the procurement process to find consultants and contractors for the design stage of the new school. The development will now include the refurbishment of the existing George Hicks site […]
Inspectors give high schools poor grades
(CNS): Both of the government run high schools on Grand Cayman were given failing grades by the Office of Education Standards following recent inspections. In the reports, which have just been published, Clifton Hunter was judged to be weak in all areas, while John Gray, which fared slightly better, was marked satisfactory but was judged […]
JGHS project back on agenda
(CNS): Ten years since the groundbreaking of the John Gray High School campus project, which was followed by a catalog of problems with the contractors at the time, the proposed redevelopment is back on the government’s agenda. Local contractors wanting to bid on the construction project were recently invited to an engagement day recently to outline the […]
JGHS student arrested for assaulting teacher
(CNS): A teenage boy from John Gray High School has been arrested following an altercation with a teacher at the school last week. Both the police and the school’s principal have confirmed that the incident occurred around 9:30 on Thursday morning. School officials said that a support teacher had been hit in the head with […]
