COMMUNITY meetings will be organised across the state following last week's industrial action from those in the Tasmanian education sector.
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The Tasmanian Association of State School Organisations (TASSO) will also write to the Minister of Education, the Australian Education Union and the Department of Education.
Last Thursday, a stopwork meeting was held in Burnie and a motion was passed to accept Treasurer Peter Gutwein's earlier offer of a 12-month wage freeze instead of losing 266 education sector jobs.
TASSO rejected Mr Gutwein's response that it was now too late and "the caravan's moved on".
"TASSO does not agree with the suggestion from the government that "the caravan has moved on" in relation to these cuts to teaching and support staffing in schools," TASSO president Jenny Eddington said.
"The government must recognise and acknowledge the responsibility it has to ensure that our schools have the necessary resources required to meet the needs of all students and staff funding should not be arbitrarily removed."
TASSO hopes the community meetings and letter to peak education organisations and figures will help lead to a better resolution.
Ms Eddington said the message in the letter was that TASSO actively supported students, their parents and carers as School Association members at an individual, local, regional and state level to ensure that their voices were heard.
"We understand that this is a busy time for schools, but we also know that parents are asking for greater support and a bigger voice in regards to these issues now."
Ms Eddington said TASSO's goal was to ensure state school students received the same educational opportunities currently available to them in the future.
