Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch also ordered the government to present the panel of judges with a specific timetable for reinforcing the classrooms in Sderot.
Children in the western Negev at at especially high risk at school, where few security measures are available for a large number of students, all of whom must be able to reach shelters within seconds after hearing the Red Dawn alert sound a warning. The government reassured parents in the community last spring that it would reinforce all elementary schools within range of the rockets. It didn't happen.
Despite Education Minister Yuli Tamir's vow that most of the schools in Sderot would be fortified against a direct hit by the beginning of this school year, the promise was not kept.
“Schools are your responsibility,” Beinisch told the state. “Dozens of kindergartens are still unprotected. It is unacceptable that schools have to be closed due to Kassam attacks. The fact is that peoples’ lives are in danger,” she said.
The state informed the court on Tuesday night that it will not be able to reinforce all the city’s schools even by the opening of the next school year. The statement came in response to petitions by educational institutions asking the court to force the government to make good on its promises to protect their children at school.
Children in the western Negev at at especially high risk at school, where few security measures are available for a large number of students, all of whom must be able to reach shelters within seconds after hearing the Red Dawn alert sound a warning. The government reassured parents in the community last spring that it would reinforce all elementary schools within range of the rockets. It didn't happen.
Despite Education Minister Yuli Tamir's vow that most of the schools in Sderot would be fortified against a direct hit by the beginning of this school year, the promise was not kept.
“Schools are your responsibility,” Beinisch told the state. “Dozens of kindergartens are still unprotected. It is unacceptable that schools have to be closed due to Kassam attacks. The fact is that peoples’ lives are in danger,” she said.
The state informed the court on Tuesday night that it will not be able to reinforce all the city’s schools even by the opening of the next school year. The statement came in response to petitions by educational institutions asking the court to force the government to make good on its promises to protect their children at school.