And while City Hall is hammering things out with sanitation contractors and the BTB, it had no such luck with the Ministry of Education. On August 28, Moya wrote Chief Education Officer Maud Hyde asking her to order primary school children from standards four to six to march on the Tenth Parade.
Yesterday, one week later, Hyde wrote back, telling Mayor Moya, that, "due to the rigors associated with parading, traditionally only high schools participate." Hyde goes on to explain that because school management and parents would have to be consulted, there just wasn't enough time to, "raise the discussion."
Well City Hall was none too pleased with that reaction and issued a release yesterday saying that it is disappointed at the ministry taking a decision that it feels, undermined the spirit of the celebrations.
