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Chris, I guess my point was that we can't all swing around playing like we are helpless infants when we have have a very serious community problem. It just seems to me that people are crying "Help me, I have a problem, somebody, anybody, help me.Give me money and I'll stop crying." I am saying let's find a solution, think it through, present it well, in a manner that the government can simply say "here's a solution - the government backs this plan!" Rather than whining and asking the government to come up with a solution - we the community need to present the solution and then force compliance. Exactly as your group did with the roads. The problem with the school is that a core group that will spear head and lobby correctly has yet to emerge. It will, but its not there yet.

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"The problem with the school is that a core group that will spear head and lobby correctly has yet to emerge."....that core group surely has to be the parents of primary school aged children.

Perhaps the new San Pedro Business Association will be able to help as well.....

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Oh good! Yet another group to further divide community energy!

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Originally Posted by Jesse
Question: Since the RC School is Catholic, why is the Holy Cross being Anglican such a problem? Many schools in Belize are Anglican.
From their website: "Today, the Diocese is comprised of 31 churches spread throughout the country. In addition to providing spiritual homes for our many congregations, we are engaged in missionary outreach within and outside of Belize and are actively engaged in international companion diocese relationships. Through our churches and communities, in partnership with the government of Belize, we sponsor one preschool, eighteen primary schools and one high school. Total enrollment is almost five thousand children. Our schools employ about two hundred and fifteen teachers. The diocese also sponsors the Anglican Theological Institute through which we work to equip church members, ordained and lay, to embrace more fully their leadership roles in the church."


Jesse don't get me started on my opinion of the RC school either. It is also a less than ideal situation - it is just a small step ahead of the Holy Cross.

This is not a debate about Religion. It is a concern for the kids.

Even though my family is not catholic I went to an RC school, and my eldest is in a RC school. I have friends and family of many faiths including Moslems, Jews and Bhuddists - Don't try and make this about religion because it isn't. I have nothing for or against the Anglican Church and in fact I attended Anglican services often as a child.

If the Anglican Church and the Government of Belize are willing and able to manage the school that is fantastic - but logic, health and safety and honesty must be part of the equation. That is the point I am trying to make.

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My question isn't about religion...but pointing out that the Anglicans are proven school operators thus should be qualified to run Holy Cross

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Being qualified and getting the job done are not one in the same. If the job were getting done, we would not be having this discussion.

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The problems seem to be centered around development of the school property. Operation of the school seems to be running smoothly. The Anglican Church isn't equipped to be a developer but is a school manager.

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I was regretting responding to Pam's accounting, (like pouring salt in a wound), but I guess this is not so bad. I agree with much of what's been said and suggested but, in reality, there can only be "what happens".

Who is willing to do more than Vernon and the Dioceses are doing now?

Speak loudly so we can hear you please.


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As I read in the history being told in this thread they very much ARE developers. Just an observation - not an opinion.


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Not the Anglican Diocese

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