Hon de Castro told to not answer question about teachers’ strike @ Rotary meeting
Mr Lewis, who was attending the meeting as a guest, also jumped on the opportunity to ask Guest Speaker and Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) a question about the protest action by teachers of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) last week.
Hon de Castro was in London on official government business at the time of the strike.
“Minister, Good evening, as you move full S.T.E.A.M. ahead working along with teachers and students to make sure they are comfortable in the classroom, were you aware of the concerns expressed by the teachers at the Elmore Stoutt High School when they took the protest action?” the reporter asked.
‘This is Rotary, this is not ZBVI’
Mr Lewis was; however, promptly reminded the event was of Rotary and Hon de Castro was also asked by Chairperson of the proceedings Rotarian Claude O. Skelton-Cline to not answer the question and she obliged.
“So we not going to let you ask that question. Honourable Minister, not tonight. This is Rotary, this is not ZBVI,” Mr Skelton-Cline stated.
Following a sit-in protest by the teachers on September 15, 2023, over working conditions, including classrooms without air conditioning and proper ventilation, Pemier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) met with the aggrieved teachers to hear their concerns and shared plans to have the issues resolved expeditiously.
Dr Wheatley had also asked the teachers to put their grievances in writing and promised to “make my best efforts in having those issues resolved in combination with the ministry and in combination with the administration.”
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That having been said, if it was outside those parameters, then fire away. She deserves the heat.