The problem of a lack of staff at a school in Messines, which led to a protest movement by parents, should be 'magically' resolved as of Tuesday, the vice-president of the municipality said yesterday.
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“The matter has been resolved. The director of the school group will withdraw employees from other establishments, to compensate for those who are on leave” at the EB1 João de Deus school, in São Bartolomeu de Messines, Luísa Luís assured.
Firefighters, at the request of the GNR, were called to remove chains with padlocks placed by parents at the entrance to this school yesterday (Monday) morning in order to, according to guardians, try to resolve “very serious situations occurring due to a lack of staff”.
“We always try to manage things in consensus with all parties”, said Luísa Luís, after a meeting between the Silves Council, the director of the school group and parents’ representatives.
Parents say they are eagerly awaiting the normalisation of the problem promised at the meeting.
According to parents, the lack of staff at the EB1 João de Deus school in São Bartolomeu de Messines has been occurring since the beginning of the year, and was “getting worse”.
“In a school with 130 children between the ages of six and eight, there are currently only three employees, two of whom are on sick leave,” said a representative of the parents, who said that even the school’s teachers had asked them to step in.
According to the parents, due to the lack of staff, the children have “no one looking after them” and “do whatever they want” in the school’s playground.
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