Schools across West Dunbartonshire are set to be closed next Thursday due to strike action.
The region, like other local authorities in Scotland, will see its Early Years, Primary, Secondary and ASN schools close due to Industrial Action on November 24, 2022.
The country's main teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, received a resounding majority of its members' votes in favour of industrial action related to a salary dispute.
On a turnout of 71 percent, 96 percent of voters supported strike action after a 5 percent salary increase was turned down earlier this year.
Parents and carers received a letter yesterday informing them of the planned industrial action.
The strike means that all West Dunbartonshire schools, including Early Learning and Childcare Centres attached to schools, will be closed to pupils on that day. A small number of standalone ELCCs will be open to pupils, as detailed in the letter issued yesterday and online at the link below.
The ELCCs which will remain open include:
- Auchnacraig ELCC
- Dalmonach
- Andrew B Cameron
- Ferryfield
- Bellsmyre
- Gartocharn
- Braehead
- Kilbowie
- Brucehill
- Lennox Faifley
- Clydebank
- Whitecrook
- Dalmuir
There will be no breakfast club or after-school care provision as all school lets will be cancelled.
Families with pupils who are entitled to free school meals will receive a direct payment to their bank account to cover the closure.
