Sir McChesney George Secondary School is a

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on the island of

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in the country of

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in the

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. The school was opened in 2012 and named in honour of Sir

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, a member of the

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who served as the Member for Barbuda in the Legislative Council from 1960 to 1965; and in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971. On September 1, 2010, construction on a set of classrooms was completed. Following

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and the global

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, in September 2020 new facilities were completed including new lab spaces, retrofitting classrooms, and other changes to the main area of the school. The school includes a vegetable and fruit garden.

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