Wrong move

Chief Personnel Officer Gail Atkins.

By Barry Alleyne | Fri, July 06, 2012 - 12:06 AM

A senior teacher who refused to teach a class at the Alexandra School for an entire term did breach the Public Service Act’s code of conduct.

And according to Chief Personnel Officer Gail Atkins, the teacher’s action warranted a dismissal, once the correct procedures were followed.

Atkins made the revelation yesterday when the Commission of Inquiry into The Alexandra School continued at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex yesterday.

The senior teacher alleged to have committed that breach, Amaida Greaves, is the public relations officer of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU), which had its members at The Alexandra School withdraw their labour on January 3 this year.

According to Atkins, the decision by the union to start industrial action was a “precipitous” one, since her department did not deal with labour management issues.

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Posted by Summer Rheigs 10 months, 3 weeks ago: Put all of those who disrupted the lives of the children, without proper cause, in CHECK. Fire them, dismiss them, put them on ROAD TO UNEMPLOYMENT and let them feel the pinch of the shoe. Let them experience the trouble and agony the parents and children have been through. GET RID OF ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!