El Planton - It's Over!... for now

It appears as if the planto, the sit-in by the teachers union, Section 22, is over.  They voted last night and 20,764 voted to end it and 7,371 to continue.  
Here is the story from Noticias.

A majority of the delegations that make up section 22 of the National Union of education workers voted last night, in consultation with their base, to now end the sit-i in the historic center of the capital, as well as the educational work stoppage.

On the 16 day of protests, the teachers arranged in open consultation to end their annual fight day, once they got the majority of requests for their list of demands.

So that's that.  They did have their demands met.  Several governmental directors were forced to resign and it appears like the teachers came out on top.... for now.

For an interesting read and a different take on the situation read sister blogger spixl's post in which she links to respected reporter, Nancy Davies' letter.

As I always reiterate, I am a guest here and not clued into the complex inner machinations of the system, but... it is good to read an differing opinion from someone else, even though it is not how I see the situation.  I did work for thirty years in an equally complex educational system, New England prep school-dom, you know, Brigadon, so it is not like I do not have some experience in teaching.  One can find bright spots and horror stories in every situation.

I do know that it is very hard, make that, almost impossible, to restart classe and get kids interested when all the momentum is gone and it is so close to the end of the academic year, but... it is back to school time.

But first, the teachers are taking a victory lap, another march through the city today.