THE Anna Regina Multilateral School [ARMS] was closed on Monday because of flooding of the compound and lower flat of the three-storey building.

Reports are that headmaster of the school was forced on Saturday to send home the children who were staying in the dormitory, because heavy and consistent rainfall — which began on Wednesday night and continued for two days — had caused the kitchen and dining areas in the lower flat of the dormitory to be flooded.

The Department of Education has also been forced to postpone its children’s competition because of the flooded Anna Regina Community Centre Ground. A release from the Department of Education has said that the competition, scheduled to kick-off Mash celebrations in the region on Monday, will instead commence on Wednesday at the same community centre ground.