After the hardships of distance learning, another blow for the Vilnius family: the news from the municipality shocked me a lot

A surprise awaited

According to the mother who wrote Delfi (first and last names are known – Delfi), the situation is complicated and many parents and children have fallen into a difficult situation, so they hope to solve it at least in public.

“The situation is that my daughter was studying in the Gabija gym in the eighth grade. In September, the director announced that the children would be transferred to the newly opened progymnasium for one year, but guaranteed that after that, they would all return to the gym without any selection.

Since no one informed both of us about the announcement of the selection to the gym and strictly according to the declared location, many parents chose only one school when completing the system, because they thought it was just a formality. “

However, he said, on June 11. I saw an entry in the system that did not enter the school with the first stage.

“When we contacted the school, they told us that the municipality had decided to do it. Then we contacted the municipality, she replied that the school had decided and that they would not put anything in it. However, he assured that on the 18th the third stage will begin and we will be able to choose between schools that accept everyone and regardless of how the child learns or where he lives.

When we were asked if we would get a school in this district while we were living in Perkūnkiemi, we only got the answer that Vilnius is big. The children survived nearly two quarantines at home and had a hard time picking them up, and now it’s a blow to throw them away. Children ask us if they are losers, why were they treated like this? ”, The mother resented.

She also added that she would understand that if the children did it wrong, they would have penalties, but according to her, it is the children with good achievements who represent the school in more than one competition and now they are simply throwing them away.

“If the school had informed us, both parents and children would have had time to prepare. But, as always in Lithuania, everything is done secretly and quietly. Since hundreds of children have not been returned, parents will cooperate and they will go to the municipality and go to court. We have contracts with Gabija Gymnasium, not progymnasium, “Vilnius said.

I felt ignored

He also shared a letter with Delfi addressed to all the officials listed on the municipality’s website.

“It just came to our knowledge then. Both the school and the municipality say ‘there is no statement, there is no school.’ The strangest thing is that the municipality offered to apply to private schools. When we returned from abroad, we always lived in a rented apartment in Vilnius.

We have our business here and we pay taxes to Vilnius. And now it turns out that, as in Russia, there is no declaration in the city, which means that you have to leave the city. We really plan to go to lawyers and courts, because the constitution violates the rights of the child to a free and high-quality education. “

The shared letter also stated that “no teaching contracts had been concluded with Vilnius Gabija Progymnasium regarding the teaching of eighth graders; The parents of the students have still concluded training agreements with Vilnius Gabija Gymnasium, but currently the Vilnius Gabija Progymnasium administration requires the retroactive signing of training agreements with Vilnius Gabija Progymnasium.

In this way, the students who graduated from the 7th grade in the Gabija Gymnasium were unilaterally transferred to the progymnasium building for the 8th grade, but they still have valid contracts with the Gymnasium, an attempt is made to illegally deprive the Gabija Gymnasium of Item 18.4) ” .

It also states that parents are concerned about the psychological health of their children, since “children who have just suffered another blow from distance education and are therefore psychologically exhausted – they are separated from their peers – remain in ignorance. .

We, the parents, observe the deterioration of the condition of the children affected in the situation: increased tension, accompanied by hypersensitivity, crying, insomnia. In the context of the difficult conditions of adolescence and quarantine, this blow is difficult to bear, especially since it must be between those who must care about the well-being and well-being of children. “

They were informed about the reorganization.

Vilija Klimavičienė, director of the Vilnius Gabija Gymnasium, told the news portal that the parents were aware of the conditions of the reorganization. You can also read about this on the school website and on Lietuvos Rytas, and everyone received detailed notice that the gym is being reorganized.

“All the paperwork is done, but naturally, when parents want their children to study in our gym, they look for those opportunities and then someone forgets them. Certainly, we also asked the municipality to see if it would be possible for those students to make some kind of exception.

Certainly this was my own appeal, perhaps to add a half point for admission. However, this is not foreseen in the procedure. On the other hand, there really aren’t many such students in our gym and students study according to their place of residence. “

The director also noted that there were very few children “overboard.” He said that the children of Perkūnkiemis could also go to the Vilnius Gabija gym, he only doubted those who lived in Avižieniai.

“It just came to our attention then. The main problem was when the children in this area wanted to go to school and Tarandė did not belong to us on the way. So there really are not many students who did not enter due to the place of residence.

However, we understand that children do not want to break up with their classmates, so they must be understood as well. Now it was only the first admission, first of all, by place of residence, and now we will see what the options are for the next stage. It is true, according to the criteria described by the municipality in the order. “

He said the selection is not based on student scores, but primarily on the place of residence. It is then carried out on the basis of the relevant criteria formulated by the municipality.

“Non-formal education or sports school adds half a point, then there are many children and so on. The Commission assesses these criteria and is therefore already final. However, we will probably not have more places because we have accepted many students depending on the territory. “

V. Klimavičienė admitted that this whole situation is really painful, because the students that are still missing are the children of the Vilnius Gabija Gymnasium, who studied here for seven years.

“Of course there are all kinds of situations, maybe some come from fifth grade, we really haven’t checked. Of course, we understand the situation where classmates of outdated kids go to that school and they don’t have that school anymore. opportunity. Such are the pains, but order is order. “

The director added that he hopes the situation will be resolved and that all the children will have a place to study.

Alina Kovalevskaja, Senior Advisor for Education of the Vilnius City Municipal Administration, commented that during the first invitations, that is, on June 10, the Vilnius Gabija Gymnasium invited its territorial students, and a dozen territorial ones have not yet They have been invited, but they will surely be invited to review the vacancies, as they certainly remain in the school as there are students who have chosen other schools.

“It will form groups of 7 classes (196 places). Commission meetings are taking place today and all territorial children will be admitted, ”he said.