WATCH: Potters Primary School to Be Renamed in Honour of Veteran Educator ‘Teacher Gen’ Smith

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WATCH: Potters Primary School to Be Renamed in Honour of Veteran Educator ‘Teacher Gen’ Smith
WATCH: Potters Primary School to Be Renamed in Honour of Veteran Educator ‘Teacher Gen’ Smith
Genevieve ‘Teacher Gen’ Smith

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced that the Potters Primary School will be renamed in honour of veteran educator Genevieve “Teacher Gen” Smith, who passed away last week.

The announcement comes as a tribute to Teacher Gen’s decades-long contribution to education and community development. A respected stalwart in the education sector, she devoted more than 40 years of service to shaping young minds and uplifting generations of students.

Teacher Gen was widely known for her unwavering dedication, discipline, and passion for teaching. Beyond the classroom, she served as a mentor to fellow educators and a guiding influence within the Potters community, leaving an indelible mark on the lives of countless families.

WATCH: Potters Primary School to Be Renamed in Honour of Veteran Educator ‘Teacher Gen’ Smith
Potters Primary School (photo by Dadli Directory)

This story was first published by Antigua News on December 14, 2025: antigua.news/2025/12/14/watch-potters-primary-school-to-be-renamed-in-honour-of-veteran-educator-teacher-gen-smith. © 2025 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (11)

  • Anonymous December 14, 2025, 8:09 AM

    She had to die to get her flowers.
    Reply
    • Apex Jones December 14, 2025, 9:00 AM

      Thats usually the case. Something has to happen for something to happen
      Reply
  • whiteanonrabbit December 14, 2025, 8:36 AM

    All they ask for is to be able to afford life. A salary increase. But Instead we prefer to honor them when they are dead. We are a sick sick sick species.
    RIP mama Gen. We love you. May your death open the eyes of us all. Teachers deserve flowers before death.
    Reply
  • Concerned Citizen December 14, 2025, 8:48 AM

    You are so right!! At her age, the pension that she was getting may have been barely enough to buy nutritious food. An now she dead de running to put she name pon one school building??? De cudda do dat before she dead. An increase she pension before she ded!! Whenever Public Sector workers get increase, pensioners should get an increase as well. A 1980s pension, in this day and age is not even for food money today. GDP going up. Pensioners spending power going down! A DIS IS IN A ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE!!
    Reply
  • LoveTeacherGen December 14, 2025, 10:02 AM

    Great decision. Goooooooodddddd . She lived. She loved. She was very simple. Never boastful. She just loved people.
    Reply
  • Ken Ken December 14, 2025, 10:56 AM

    She taught with discipline and love. Many of us are who we are today because of her
    Reply
  • Unruly One December 14, 2025, 11:38 AM

    Well deserved. Teacher Gen helped raise half of Potters. Her name belongs on that school.
    Reply
  • Concerned Antiguan December 14, 2025, 12:01 PM

    She wasn’t just a teacher she was a community builder. Rest in peace, Teacher Gen.
    Reply
  • Tromos December 14, 2025, 12:22 PM

    She deseves an official funeral
    Reply
  • Aop December 14, 2025, 2:11 PM

    Respect to the government for acknowledging a woman who gave her life to education.
    Reply
  • Informed citizen December 14, 2025, 8:56 PM

    Some teachers never leave the classroom, even in memory.
    Reply

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