Parents at Bat Galim claim that they will consider removing their children from the Anthroposophical school if the principal is replaced. In recent days, parents of students at the Anthroposophical School in Bat Galim contacted the municipality and the Ministry of Education in the district and informed them that if the principal of the school, Itay Paz, does not manage the school in the coming academic year as well, they will remove the children from the school. According to parents, some of the school's teaching staff also announced that they would consider not working at the school this September, if a new principal is appointed.
The parents explain that it was explained to them that the new principal does not know the anthroposophical method according to which the school operates, and therefore it is not clear to them how the image of the school will not be damaged. The parents also claim that Paz came to Bat Galim in order to establish the school, but the school did not finish the establishment process. The parents hope that in the coming days they will attend meetings at the Ministry of Education and the municipality in order to request that Paz continue to manage the school for another year, as part of the establishment process, which they believe has not yet ended.
The parents also started a petition on Facebook in which they are trying to gather support for the retention of Itay Paz as the principal of the school. They claim in the petition that it is impossible for a pedagogical institution operating in the anthroposophical spirit to be headed by a director with no connection to anthroposophy.
As I recall, the school opened in September last year in the building of the Alia school. The one chosen to establish the school is Itay Paz. During the year Paz managed to draw parents, students and teachers after him and infect them with his enthusiasm. From a school where less than 100 students attended, the Anthroposophical School became a school attended by students from all over the city. Parents have said more than once that until the current school year their children did not want to get up in the morning for school, but now they are already waiting for the start of the school day.
It should be noted that Paz was informed that he will establish the school and in the coming (second) academic year a new director will be appointed, since according to the procedures there are several threshold conditions for running a school, and Paz does not meet them. A few weeks ago, the tender for the management of the school was published and since then the parents are very worried that the great success, signed by Paz and the teaching staff, will be damaged.
The municipality said: The one who determines the pedagogical staff in the elementary schools is the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education in the district responded: Because we do not deal with such issues above the media.