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As the school enrollment grew, the need arose for physical expansion of the facilities. However, the convent grounds were unsuitable, and so the "Annex", a former primary school, was opened on
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schools tended to provide only a weekly period of religious education, Catholic schools were permitted a period each day, something which
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