Parents of school-aged children will have to find alternative arrangements for at least two hours next Tuesday as industrial action has forced school closures for a second time.
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Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff announced in Parliament on November 20 that public schools across the state would be closed until 10.30am on November 27 and 28 to accommodate planned stop work meetings.
The union declared last week it would hold the stop work meetings as the latest escalation of their wages dispute with the Tasmanian Government.
There are 39 schools in Northern Tasmania that will be closed until 10.30am and 37 in the North-West.
Mr Rockliff told Parliament, parents and carers would be able to drop off their kids for school at 10.30am and school bus timetables won’t change.
The North and North-West schools that will be closed are:
- Andrews Creek Primary School;
- Beaconsfield Primary School;
- Bicheno Primary School;
- Boat Harbour Primary School;
- Bracknell Primary School;
- Brooks High School;
- Burnie High School;
- Burnie Primary School;
- Campbell Town District High School;
- Devonport High School;
- Devonport Primary School;
- East Devonport Primary School;
- East Launceston Primary School;
- East Tamar Primary School;
- East Ulverstone Primary School;
- Edith Creek Primary School;
- Evandale Primary School;
- Exeter High School;
- Exeter Primary School;
- Flinders Island District High School;
- Forth Primary School;
- Glen Dhu Primary School;
- Hagley Farm Primary School;
- Havenview Primary School;
- Hillcrest Primary School;
- Invermay Primary School;
- King Island District High School;
- Kings Meadows High School;
- Latrobe High School;
- Latrobe Primary School;
- Launceston Big Picture School;
- Lilydale District School;
- Longford Primary School;
- Miandetta Primary School;
- Mountain Heights School;
- Mowbray Heights Primary School;
- Nixon Street Primary School;
- Northern Support School;
- Norwood Primary School;
- Parklands High School;
- Penguin District School;
- Perth Primary School;
- Port Dalrymple School;
- Port Sorell Primary School;
- Punchbowl Primary School;
- Queechy High School;
- Ravenswood Heights Primary School;
- Reece High School;
- Riana Primary School;
- Ridgley Primary School;
- Ringarooma Primary School;
- Riverside High School;
- Riverside Primary School;
- Romaine Park Primary School;
- Rosebery District High School;
- Sassafras Primary School;
- Scottsdale High School;
- Scottsdale Primary School;
- Sheffield School;
- Smithton High School;
- Somerset Primary School;
- South George Town Primary School;
- Spreyton Primary School;
- St Helens District High School;
- St Leonards Primary School;
- St Marys District School;
- Stanley Primary School;
- Table Cape Primary School;
- Trevallyn Primary School;
- Ulverstone High School;
- Ulverstone Primary School;
- Waverley Primary School;
- West Launceston Primary School;
- West Ulverstone Primary School;
- Wilmot Primary School;
- Wynyard High School;
- Youngtown Primary School;
State school principals were given a Friday afternoon deadline to inform the Education Department if they had the capacity to cater for student safety and wellbeing but this was extended to Monday afternoon.
The decision has been made public a full week ahead of the planned stop-work meetings, to give parents and carers adequate time to plan.
It is the second time the industrial action has disrupted the school day in about a month.
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Mr Rockliff was forced to close schools early on October 24 to accommodate stop work rallies held across the state.
The decision to close schools early was not made public until October 22, a move that was criticised by Opposition Education spokeswoman Michelle O’Byrne.
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