Last night we told you about the blast of hostility from the ITVET in Toledo where the instructors are rebelling against their general manager. They say they had to go to the media because the Ministry of Education wasn't doing anything to help.
Well, today the Ministry sent a release, condemning yesterday's release by the instructors because, it, quote, "has now complicated the on-going investigation." It concludes, solemnly, that, quote, "The Ministry views this release as an attempt to undermine this on-going process." End quote.
The Ministry says that since April, 2014, after becoming aware of the issues raised by the instructors, the Ministry instructed the board to conduct an investigation. An independent observer was put in place to report back to the Ministry on the fairness of the process. On April 9th., a letter was sent to the Manager of the ITVET directing that certain actions be taken.
The Ministry says that the instructors are now bypassing this process, and seeking to be, quote, "accuser, judge and jury."
That release was 650 words long and it was issued this morning. Not to be outdone, the instructors struck back by this afternoon with a 6 page, 1850 word response - this is in addition to their 12 point, 750 word release yesterday attached to a 31 page report. Yeah, they serious!
Today's release was in the form of a letter to Minister Patrick Faber and they say the Ministry's release is full of misrepresentations. They enumerate those alleged misrepresentations in great detail and go back to their central assertion, that ITVET manager Allen Genus "would not even qualify to be hired as a teacher, so how can he be a principal?"
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