Linstead Primary and Junior High School

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Linstead Primary & Junior High is an elementary school in Linstead, Jamaica; one of oldest in the island. Despite several official name changes it has always been colloquially known as Linstead School.The school is attended by students from Linstead and many neighbouring communities. It operates a two shift system in order to accommodate the maximum possible number of students. The first shift is for Grades 1-6, the second for Grades 7-9. Students from 26 neighbouring schools transfer in for grades 7-9. They sit the Junior High School Certificate Examination at Grade 9 prior to transferring to a high school based on their performance in the examination.The school hosts an Evening Institute for adult education. This is attended by people from a wide area including Jubilee Town, Cedar Valley, Redwood, Berwick, Bonnet, Jericho, Lluidas Vale, Bermaddy, York Street, and Juan-de-Bolas. It provides courses in barbecue, census enumeration, Jam-Can Group, Peace Corps Group, Training of electorate personnel and CXC classes.There is an active Parent and Teachers association which supports education week and careers day.The school is a designated earthquake and hurricane shelter.HistoryThe school was founded as Linstead Government School c1900 in a one-room wooden building on on Main Street near the hospital and the Police Station. The site is now the Linstead Health Centre on King Street. The room was divided into nine classes using chalkboards as partitions; there were no offices but there were proper toilet facilities, piped water, canteen and head teacher’s cottage.By 1924 there were about 300 students and 9 teachers.c1946 the school's name was changed to Linstead All-Age School and overcrowding became a problem due to the school's popularity.

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