Yesterday we showed you how the Orange Walk Technical High school was shut down when teachers and students walked out.
Well, today things returned to normal - and that's after Education Minister Patrick Faber went there to mediate between the disgruntled staff and the hardline principal.
He today told us he doesn't mind taking a day out of his schedule if something meaningful will be achieved:..
Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
"They had not ask me and in fact it's probably not normal for the minister to intervene in a situation like that at least not that early but Marion you know I am of the view that we should not allow these things to get out of hand, we've seen where situations at these high schools have gone and not only high schools but primary schools even have gone terribly wrong and when that happens the name of the school suffers and also the children, the students suffer and so if it takes me taking a time out of my schedule that I am sure everybody understands is terribly busy - going there to sit down with all the players to try to work things out to over kill the situation even before it gets out of hand then I believe that the right thing to do and so it saves me a lot of headache down the road to give up that day to try to work out the situation."
Faber told us that the Principal's husband - whose on campus presence was an issue - has agreed to remove himself from the picture.
And to clarify, in yesterday's news, we made one reference to Ladyville Technical High School - that was an error, we meant Orange Walk Technical.
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