Strikes in Italy are generally communicated well in advance whether that be for a bus strike, train strike, gas strike or teacher strike. There is usually enough time for you to make the appropriate adjustments even though highly inconvenient.
Strike notifications come frequently for the schools, but rarely do they actually follow through. This week only Samuel and Luca received a notice of a teacher strike for Friday. Emma did not, because well her teacher never misses a day or opportunity to more forward with her lesson plans, thus she NEVER strikes. It is communicated to you that you need to bring your child to school and verify whether or not the teacher is present before leaving your child.
Today Samuel arrived at school to find out that the professors for the first four hours of the day were on strike, and to return at noon for the final two hours since those professors were not on strike. Each class section was different as some resumed classes as normal and some were off for the full day. Like a studious and obedient student Samuel returned at noon to discover that he was the only one from his class that actually came back. I guess the students struck back. Instead of sitting in on the 8th grade English class and providing conversation for the students between he and the professor for two hours he called me to request I come pick him up. Go figure. At least it was a productive morning for him here at home to get ahead on homework for the weekend.
Luca ended up having classes which is what we expected.
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*Samuel returned to school on Monday and his entire class now has to bring a note of justification for their absence on Friday, that is everyone except Samuel.
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