Message from Presiding Member
Sacred Heart Cathedral School will be closed TOMORROW (Thursday), 16th March due to strike action.
Kia ora whānau, parents, and caregivers.
You may have heard in the media that members of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (PTCA) and Primary Principals’ Collective Agreement (PPCA) across New Zealand have voted in favour of taking strike action on Thursday, 16th March.
NZEI Te Riu Roa is obligated to give school boards three days’ notice of the strike. Formal notification was received early Monday morning.
The Board has considered whether an education service can be provided on Thursday, 16th March - but given the absence of the Principal and teaching staff we have concluded that we cannot provide a teaching service during that period. As a result, the School will be closed that day and no School related services (including after school care) will be provided and no teaching staff will be at School on that day.
I know this will be inconvenient for many parents and hopefully a resolution to the underlying issues will be found that the Government, PTCA and PPCA can accommodate.
If you have any questions relating to this decision, please contact me.
Ngā mihi nui,
Suzanne Adair
Presiding Member of the Board of Trustees
021 039 7558