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School should start early – next week Tuesday, January third, right after the New Year’s holiday.  Or at least that’s what the Ministry of Education and the School Managements say.  But tonight, the teachers union is still saying “no-goâ€￾: School for its members will start as regularly scheduled on January the ninth.   

That’s the message in a press release sent this evening.  It says that children and teachers are entitled to three weeks leave as stated in the education rules. 

And then it reiterates that schools – not the ministry - must make the decision on make up days.  Now the school managements sent out press releases stating that they had made that decision, and according to the teachers, that’s the problem. 

The union release says that they were never included in the discussion, and they are not pawns of the school managements.  They say that they should be the ones planning along with the school managements, not the Ministry.

So, the union has not changed its position; today’s release ends by saying the union encourages its members and other teachers to enjoy the full three weeks Christmas vacation. 

Last week the education minister told us he would be making his own statement before New Year’s.