When I was appointed Parish Priest of the then ' St Peter Chanel Parish, Ba' back in 1990 - 1995, one of the big celebrations in the parish – was when St Teresa’s school celebrated the 70th Anniversary of its foundation. It was a huge event, not only for the parish and school, but for the entire town of Ba, as so many of the towns people received their 1st education at St Teresa’s.
The winds of change were blowing during those years – The lovely old two-storey wooden school building was getting too small to cater for the increase number of students attending. It was also deemed to be unsafe to hold classes up stairs by the Dept. of Education – in case of fire. (That being the case – the beautiful old landmark is still standing, and it is still being used – 30 years later, even after suffering many battering by fierce hurricanes over the years).
Back in the early 90s the decision was made to relocate most of the school to the sugarcane field. I was privileged to oversee the construction of the 1st block of the new school (6 new classrooms) The second block (another 6 class rooms) were later added when the present parish priest Fr Pat Colgan was stationed in the parish. The final block still remains to be built to complete the original plans of the 1990s.
