Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States

Virgin Islands Board of Education Announces St.Thomas Office Closure Due to Power Outage

VIRGIN ISLANDS BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The 20th elected Virgin Islands Board of Education (VIBE) will conduct a special board meeting on Thursday, October 28, 2021, to discuss the Virgin Islands Department of Education’s draft Curriculum Framework. The meeting will be from 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public assembly has been restricted. Therefore, […]

The 17th Virgin Islands Board of Education Reflects on Historical Achievements

The 17th Virgin Islands Board of Education takes great pleasure in memorializing the historic milestone achieved by our people one hundred years ago.

The St. Croix Labor Union was the first legally organized and legally recognized association of working people in the entire Caribbean region.

The Union was founded on November 1, 1915, by the brilliant Crucian, David Hamilton Jackson, with Ralph deChabert as Vice President and C.R.T. Brow as the bonded and certified treasurer.

On Monday, January 23, 1916, David Hamilton Jackson announced the landmark strike that would successfully raise the wages of the working people of St. Croix by one hundred percent.