Picture: Head teacher Dagmāra Venclova holding speech on September 1, the first school day in Latvia. Seated in front - this year's 1st graders and those who begin school in the 5 year olds' group together with their teachers. 1st grade teacher is Lāsma Skābuliņa (leftmost), and Iveta Grantiņa will be teaching 5 and 6 year olds. In her speech, the head teacher Dagmāra Venclova expressed hope that the school will survive despite the threat still looming over the small countryside schools.
Despite the statistics that the quality of education obtained in the schools like ours is much superior to that from the large city schools, the number of children keeps reducing every year or even half year. I remember in 1989 when Sandra and me came to live and work to Stelpe, there were 170 schoolchildren here. By now that number has dropped to 76.
Picture: Sandra Neliusa (2nd from right, white jacket) with her class 8.
Picture: Our sons Dāgs Neliuss and Kārlis Elmers Apsītis. Dag is starting class 1, Elmer - 3.
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