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Daryll Jordan’s love for his students, community and family will not be forgotten anytime soon.
That was brought out yesterday at All Saints Anglican Church in St Peter, where the 86-year-old former educator was laid to rest.
Jordan was the first principal of the St Lucy Secondary School, which was later renamed in his honour. He was also a founding member of the Barbados Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools, as well as a long-serving member of All Saints Church.
Member of Parliament for St Peter Colin Jordan, retired principal Jeff Broomes, and numerous past students were in attendance to pay their final respects to Jordan. Some, wearing the school tie, stood on the outskirts of the church and were overheard retelling stories of how the revered principal helped shape their time at St Lucy Secondary. (TG)
Educator Daryll Jordan passed away on Saturday morning. He was in his mid-80s.
Jordan served as the first principal of the St Lucy Secondary School from the time it was officially opened by then Minister of Education Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, now Sir Lloyd, on October 28 1971, until he retired in 1995.
On November 9, 2012, the school was officially renamed Daryll Jordan Secondary School in his honour.
Jordan received his early education at All Saints Boys’ and Coleridge and Parry School.
During his tenure at St Lucy Secondary, according to historian Dr Henderson Carter, he established community service projects, incentive schemes to acknowledge good behavior and set up the home/school programme which fostered better relationships between parents and teachers. Home visits by teachers were a part of that experience.