Education staff in the South Netherlands shows great willingness to take action
Many primary school students in Brabant and Limburg do not receive lessons on Friday. The willingness to take action among their teachers and supporters is great. That day they campaign for a better salary. 'We will continue to support the campaign for the future of our children,' the large Limburg school groups Movare and Innovo said in a letter to parents. "We hope that the same applies to you as parents."
Picture: Fred van Diem
In the regional newspapers today there was a stream of reports about primary schools closing their doors next Friday. For example, all primary schools in Den Bosch are closed, it reported Brabants Dagblad. Hans Tijssen, chairman of the ATO School Circle - which includes 18 primary schools and 500 employees - said in the newspaper that 86 percent of teachers want to strike. 'With so much action, we cannot offer good education that day.' A large part of the teaching staff also wants to take action at the Leijestroom school board.
Substitute
The doors of the North Brabant schools of the public school group Stroomm will also remain closed. These schools are located in Boxtel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Haaren and Vught. On the website the board writes that the cabinet has made some promises, but that it is not yet enough to solve the problems. 'We can no longer always find a replacement when a teacher is ill,' said the board. 'If this continues, it will soon mean that we can no longer guarantee that we will be able to find a teacher for every class.'
In the same region, the schools of the Skipos and Skopos administrations are also closed, it reports Brabant Dagblad.
"If this continues, it will also mean that we can no longer guarantee that we can find a teacher for every class," writes the Stroomm school board on their website.
Eleven of the thirteen schools of the Bravoo foundation in Waalwijk, Sprang-Capelle and Kaatsheuvel are closing. If more money comes in, it will go to more hands in the classroom, said chairman of the board Robert Venema in the regional newspaper. In Heusden, eight Scala schools will remain closed on Friday, six will remain open. Jac Leijtens, director at Leerrijk reports that about half of the 15 schools are closed.
In Breda, teachers and support staff are still willing to lay down their work. The Markant Education Foundation keeps all schools closed. Fellow board INOS does the same, except for one school, reports BN de Stem.
Delegation
A teacher from the Sint Antoniusschool in Best, which is part of the Best Education Foundation, left the AOb know her school is closed too. "The school foundation is closing all seven schools," she writes. Teaching staff will also continue to be paid and a large delegation will go to Eindhoven where the AOb together with the other education unions a meeting holds from 10.00:XNUMX am.
The large school groups report in Limburg Innovo en Movare on their websites that all their schools are closed. Together, the boards have nearly a hundred primary schools in West and South Limburg. In a letter to parents, Movare reports that the actions are still 'desperately needed'.
Attendance
AObdistrict manager Perry van Liempt coordinates the actions next Friday in Eindhoven and Sittard. He also notices that the willingness to take action is high. “Just this morning said one AObconsultant who visited thirteen schools in Heerlen that eleven will be closed there on Friday. ” Van Liempt hears more often than with previous strikes that school boards do not continue to pay wages. “Those messages are now trickling in, but I don't think it's stopping teachers. We hope for a nice, large turnout in Eindhoven and Sittard. Everything is settled."
