Bridgetown.
The Ministry of Education was aware that the Barbados Secondary Teacher' Union(BSTU), would not be attending a meeting with principal of the Alexandra School Jeff Broomes and his representatives.
President of the BSTU Mary Redman told the Press last night, the union had communicated its intentions to the Ministry in a letter dated on January 16 and reiterated it in another set of correspondence after the invitation for yesterday's meeting was received on January 17.
"We dont want another talkshop, we want a meeting that can represent fully the interest, address the interests and resolve the matters at the school", Redman said.
She was explaining to the media why retired teacher and former president of the BSTU Phil Perry was the union representative at high level meeting with a special committe set up by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, to resolve the the impasse at the Alexandra School.
