Boycott in OU "11 October" in Skopje - students from first to fourth grade are not in class
All the students from the first to the fourth grade in OU "11 Oktober" in Centar did not come to class today, because they are boycotting, because there was an intention to enroll in their school a student who was previously dismissed from another school due to a history of violent and problematic behavior . The principal of the school Danica Blažeska for "Sloboden Pechat" he did not want to give information about this situation, because he said that he first needs to respond institutionally to several stakeholders and because, as he said, the actual situation had not been determined yet.
"The director was immediately called to me for a conversation," Goran Gerasimovski, mayor of Centar Municipality, told "Sloboden Pechat".
However, the parents of children from the first to the fourth grade tell "Sloboden Pechat" that in solidarity, with the decision of the Council of Parents, it was decided that the younger children should not go to school from today, and that this decision is currently being implemented. If the demands of the parents are not respected, then from tomorrow the students from the fifth to the eighth grade will join the boycott, parents of children in this school told "Sloboden Pechat".
The aim is to send a message that they are afraid that violence will happen again in this school. Our sources from the Ministry of Education say that for the student who should be transferred to OU "11 October" there was such a recommendation from the Center for Social Affairs that the child should change environment.
But the problem arose when the parents found out that the child was previously dismissed from another school in Skopje, because he undressed a girl in the toilet. "Sloboden Pechat" already wrote about that case. As we reported at the time, (10 months ago), during class a second grade girl was followed by the boy into the restroom, where the boy removed her pants and underwear while she was washing her hands. All this happened in front of the eyes of the teacher who confirmed the incident to the principal, because she ran to follow the student, knowing that he was problematic.
It is about an extremely intelligent boy with above average intellectual abilities, but who said that he was unhappy because the students of his former school shunned him and left him to spend his days alone. For him, there were no invitations to birthday celebrations with his friends and he was shunned. The previous school then claimed for "Sloboden Pechat" that six students from his former class withdrew and transferred to other schools or classes, because they complained that the boy behaved violently towards them.
According to the words of school employees and parents of other students interviewed by the "Free Press", the boy's behavior at the previous school included several incidents. He even hit the headmistress of the previous school, pulled the teacher by her hair, hit and insulted the children, and it all started in kindergarten even before he enrolled in school.
The teaching staff complained of stress and decided on the last option – transferring to another school in order to protect the victims of the repeated violence.
But this has now inflamed the situation at the new school. The student once attended online classes, but now it is uncertain whether he will study with physical presence in OU "11 Oktomvri", because the parents protest against it, and the Center for Social Affairs recommends a change of environment.
