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May 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
TEACHERS in New South Wales say they have no choice but to strike today after being frozen out of plans to give principals more autonomy over decision-making.
The NSW Teachers Federation yesterday said it understood the anger of parents of the 750,000 children who will be affected, but said it was a small amount of pain compared to the potential impacts of the policy on class sizes and educational outcomes.
The strike follows months of increasingly heated debate with the government over its Local Schools, Local Decisions autonomy policy.
Schools across the state will be closed between 9am and 11am as teachers attend stop-work meetings.
“The anger that some parents will feel tomorrow will be nothing compared to the anger they will feel in the years to come when they see their kids’ class sizes increasing,” NSW Teachers Federation president Maurie Mulheron said yesterday.
Class sizes are limited by an industrial agreement between the department and the federation which expires at the end of term three.
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has given repeated assurances the government will not increase class sizes.
Department regional director Robyn McKerihan – charged with implementing the local schools, local decisions policy at the state’s 2200 schools – said the policy was still under development.
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