Teachers go with less than 30% of the last year salary, the schools are being closed all over Latvia and the teachers made redundant. Some schools will work till October, ours will till the New Year Day. Nobody can tell what to expect later on.
The day before, the government sent troops against doctors, nurses and elderly people who protested in Bauska against closing the hospital. Heroes against grandmothers. Read more about the "Bauska Battle" and see video here.
The government relations with Russia are improving with tremendous speed. Does anyone feel encouraged? Have you packed the suitcase yet - ready to run west?
The teachers clenched the teeth not to show the children how miserable they felt. "You may not spoil the celebration for the children" was the order from the Ministry of Education.
So there was a celebration.
Words of gratitude were said in the address of the people who have through years supported the school and its children. Thank you to Con Brio Choir, Roger and Valerie Hazelden, Jean and Ian Sykes, Joyce and Mick Mumford, Hanne and Kåre Ruud, Ruth Karlsson, Marianne and Gunnar Vesterberg, and many others.
The teachers got lots of fall-time flowers as a proof that the children and their families love them and need them. It is the government alone who does not.
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