HOPING to complete the Spring Mount Basic School in time for the next school year, the St James Parish Council has, for the second consecutive year, selected it as the parish’s Labour Day project.

Work started on the school some two years ago and it is estimated that approximately $4.7 million is needed to complete it. The Council is now approaching business interests across the second city for funding.

The funds will be used to continue the block-work to roof level, install a roof, install windows and doors, flooring, lighting and plumbing fixtures, as well as bathrooms and other facilities and fixtures.

Last year, the local government body received building material which was used to lay the building’s foundation, and this year they plan to continue the work if it is still not completed next Friday.

The project is in keeping with the Labour Day theme, ‘Play your part, give our children a right start… a first rate childhood facility for your community’.

In the meantime, the parish’s Labour Day committee has expressed pleasure at the interest being shown by the wider community in cleaning up the second city and its environs on Labour day.

They are, however, appealing to community leaders to ensure that their projects are registered. This will allow the Council to properly plan the activities for the efficient utilisation of the available resources.

Approximately 27 projects have been registered with the parish’s Labour Day planning committee secretariat, and expectations are that this number will increase significantly by Labour Day.

The climax to the day’s activities in the parish will be the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s staging of a public concert in Sam Sharpe Square.

Meanwhile, more than 40 Labour Day projects have been registered in the parish of Westmoreland.

Rehabilitation of the Mango Hall Basic School in Little London has been confirmed as the parish project and will cost about $200,000.