Not even work to rule could keep Christmas from coming for grade primary students at Bluenose Academy.
The students had been preparing a Christmas concert.
But with extra-curriculars cancelled because of the labour dispute between the NSTU and the province the concert was called off.
Parent, Chasidy Veinotte-Dorey wasn’t about to let her son miss out.
“It took one phone call to another parent – started a Facebook page and off it went. The community, all the parents came together of primaries and pulled it off and that’s what you’ve seen here tonight.”
@ILoveLunenburg Bluenose Academy primary class Christmas party. pic.twitter.com/qEAsOhNI9U
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Veinotte-Dorey says nobody wants to wade into the middle of the labour dispute.
“Kids don’t understand work-to-rule. That means nothing to them. They are going to remember tonight eating cookies, decorating ornaments and singing Jingle Bells to their parent. And that’s what I’m going to remember tonight.”
#nspoli couldn’t keep Christmas from coming for @ssrsbba primary class pic.twitter.com/hSJt6t9Zxu
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A local church donated space and parents organized the evening.
Veinotte-Dorey says she knows people around all sides of the issue, but the night was about keeping Christmas for the kids.
