With the official start of the 2015-2016 school year set for tomorrow, parents and educators have expressed concern about the accessibility of water not only to the students at school, but for their daily preparation.

The Jamaica Observer visted downtown Kingston on Friday where parents were observed doing their last minute shopping to prepare their children for the school year.

The Sunday Observer asked parents to describe their preparation efforts in light of the water crisis.

Here is what they said:

David Roberts:

I live in Portmore. Water is there until about 8:00 in the morning and so the children are taken care of and it comes back in the evening so we are allright. We catch water to ensure that the children will have water outside of these hours.

Marion Dennis:

We have to be asking persons for water and storing enough for school next week. For now we have to put off the washing, but when next week comes to wash and prepare the children for the next week we probably will have to go somewhere else to wash, then take the clothes home.

Amica Williams:

We buy drinking water for the children. We catch up water but we cannot give the children that because it will make them sick.

Paulette Freeman:

The water problem for sure is affecting us. I have to catch water before work, I have to be on top of my game to ensure that the children have water to shower and so I can make breakfast not only for us.

Paula Pindling:

It hasn’t affected us really and they have water at school so it’s not a problem at all for us.

Almarie Campbell:

I don’t know what the schools will be doing because my child goes to school in the Cross Roads area and I know it is one of the areas affected by the water crisis. At home I catch water in the nights to use in the days. But as for school we are playing a wait and see game because for one, I don’t know what the water condition at the school is like. But I am geared up. I have the bottles and the igloos.