Letter: Cayman Brac college needs to stay




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Letter: Cayman Brac college needs to stay
Published on Wednesday, September 16, 2009	Email To Friend Print Version
Dear Sir, I don’t understand how some people can ask really ridiculous questions. How can somebody really and truly ask the question: “Why is the Brac campus still open?” How much more ridiculous can people get? Whether or not the government of the Cayman Islands needs revenue, closing down the UCCI Brac campus is not called for... regardless of the money being spent towards that college. It is not fair for the students of that school to lose the good opportunity that they have of furthering their education. Why doesn’t anybody ever say close UCCI down in Grand Cayman? Why does it always have to be Cayman Brac? Is it because Cayman Brac is much smaller? People need to play fair and stop being so disrespectful towards those in Cayman Brac. I am also a student at that college and another excellent reason why the college should remain open is because students of the Cayman Brac High School have just graduated last June and don’t have a job; so why not further their education? Furthermore; there are also adults that attend this college as well. People cannot expect to let the government close down the UCCI campus and then let students learn from the satellite method. I have a class where we have to use that method and I can tell people for a fact that the system is not a bad idea, but it is really full of garbage! Why? Because when some students have lessons, the teacher is not paying any attention to you over the video link... sometimes you can’t even get a hold of the teachers. It is not fair! I 100 percent disagree with whoever made that comment. If the government was to close down the UCCI campus in Cayman Brac, where should those students go? Surely not Grand Cayman, because the island is overpopulated and students surely won’t learn anything with too many people in class. Building a college in the Cayman Brac is one of the most incredible things that I believe the government has ever done. And it needs to stay that way. There is no way that if the government wants to close the college down that I’m going to let it happen without a battle. Yvane S. Dixon

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Comments:

Edith Solomon:
In response to Yvane Dixon�s letter of 16th September 2009

A UCCI physical campus with a physical teacher would be great revenue for Cayman Brac, because I am sure that many parents abroad would send their children to the Cayman Islands, especially to safe Cayman Brac for a college education.

If government ensures that the abroad students finds the class fees affordable compared to their own country college fees (remember these students would be paying a higher class fees because they would be considered non-resident students). Government please don�t out price ourselves, which we are known for being an expensive country to visit.

Government should ensure that they themselves offer dorms for freshmen by leasing apartment buildings from the locals, not government building dorms. Government, please allow Cayman Brac�s economy to revive, not the government gain revenue.

Then sophomores and up to graduates would be able to locate one�s own rental from the locals on Cayman Brac. Investors, please allow the locals a chance to make an honest day�s pay by providing rentals. The various government departments that oversee rentals and building projects can ensure that existing rentals are consumed before new building projects are approved. Even then, the existing landowners should be grandfathered in to be approved first for a building project before an outside investor.

Most important, government and locals, please don�t turn Cayman Brac into a college bar town, please exercise wisdom by forcing these college students to purchase plane tickets on Cayman Airways for a weekend in Grand Cayman or Miami. This will increase ticket sales for Cayman Airways and not destroy Cayman Brac. The Liquor Board will have to ensure that new liquor licences for Cayman Brac has a freeze as of now and the existing liquor licences is the set cap for Cayman Brac. Example: presently there may be five liquor licences issued at this present moment, this is the bases for the cap of five liquor licences only for Cayman Brac. For a new liquor licence to be issued then it comes with the purchase of the establishment or is returned to the Liquor Licensing Board for re-issue.

The locals and Government should support Yvane Dixon in her plight to keep UCCI in Cayman Brac, as well as, take this opportunity to bring an economy to Cayman Brac and revenue to government.

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