The resignations of the principal, vice principal and many staff have rattled all parents. Due to parent mobilization, 900 parents have come forward and asked questions.
People are worried what is next? There has been a thought, that there needs to be a representation from the side of the parents, and things coming out in an open forum is a bad thing.
As I have been one of the persons who has come out in the open in support of the Shishuvan Philosophy and the leadership team, staff and teachers, a lot of people want to talk with me. Many people are worried about the public perception of the school and want things to be settled down.
Since I have been having the same conversation again and again on phone, here are my views on what should be next steps:
- The Trust must sit with Management, Leadership team and staff and settle the differences to satisfaction of all parties (not involving parents).
- After settlement, everyone must address a joint open sabha, outlining steps they have taken to resolve the differences and ensuring things will go smoothly for the school, and assure parents that such disruptions will not erupt again.
I am personally not in the favour of escalating beyond these steps and creating more bad blood, and would like to stay out of any confrontation beyond this. I think questions have been asked and its upto the Trust to come forward, if it really wants to show it cares for the children whose formative years will be formed in this school. Clearly this is the time they need to wake up too. I hope the common sense of the matter will drive them forward.
So parents, who have been asking questions, I would say, we have done our bit.
Those who have more ideas (energy, authority) on how Shishuvan can be saved. Power to you!
ps. These are my personal views and not representative of the group that started the petition or the petitioners.
pps. Writing has great power. If you have ideas on how to fix this problem, get off Whatsapp, pull out your laptop and start writing :)
Now back to my work!