More Classrooms Needed, Rehovot's De Shalit High School Teachers, Public Say. Municipality keeps Silence

Monday morning (November 12) was marked by a peaceful protest of teachers of De Shalit High schoolt at a number of popular Rehovot locations, including major entrance to the City Hall/Mall, and the Herzl Street Pedestrians segment near Bank Discont. All those who talked to MyRehovot noted that higher wages is an important, but not a major issue. At stake is the integrity of the entire system of Israel K12 education. The parents of present De Shalit students, who studies in De Shalit some 20 years ago well now what teachers are talking about, as nothing changed over the past twenty years. Over packed classrooms means Rehovot needs a brand-new high school, that would meet the educational and architectural demands of the XXI century. Yet, Rehovot municipality, Mayor Office remain silent. No municipality official made his/her few-floors way down to meet Rehovot teachers and learn of their concerns. Oppositely, Rehovot Mall commercial management demanded teachers go away. They did not enforce the demand, however, so teachers remained and talked to us. Their vision of the problem is provided in the following four video reports:

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Quoting Wikipedia record for De Shalit High School

De Shalit High School is a high school and a junior high school located in the city Rehovot, in Israel. It is named after the physicist Amos De Shalit (1926-1969).

The school has around 2000 students. The pupils in the high school may choose two major subjects out of the following: chemistry, biology, physics, computer science, economics, psychology, geography, Bible, history, literature, music, drama, art, French and Arabic. Along with these subjects, all pupils have to learn mathematics, English and other core subjects.