The Rotary Club of St Andrew North is to spend $7.5 million to rebuild the Performing Arts and Dance classroom at St Jago High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine as the club’s major project for 2025-2026.

This was announced by the incoming president of the club, Pierpont Wilson at his installation ceremony held July 5 at the residence of Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica Mark Berman.

According to Wilson, the dilapidated classroom at St Jago has become dangerous for the students and teacher, with the roof collapsing and the floors falling apart.

“We take on bold projects and push forward even when the odds are against us. But, as Rotarians, we show up and make things happen,” he said. Already the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation has donated $800,000 to the reconstruction project at St Jago High.

Wilson said other projects to be executed during his term in office will include presenting two automated external defibrillators to a secondary and tertiary institution, together with training of staff. This will be in support of the mission of the Rotary District Governor Professor William ‘Bill’ Aiken’s mission to bring awareness to cardiovascular health and life-saving interventions.