By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - Classes resumed at Bartlett Hill Primary on Monday after a serious rodent infestation resulted in the temporary closure of the school last week.

The school in Eight Mile Rock was closed on Wednesday for three days while a professional extermination company was brought in to address the rat problem.

There had been reports that huge rats had overrun the school and that some students had even taken ill.

Sandra Edgecombe, superintendent of primary schools, said the rat problem had got worse over the past two weeks and the Ministry of Education had immediately notified Environmental Health officials of the situation.
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