UpdateCanadian International School teachers storm out of meeting as head refuses to quit

The Canadian International School is in “the middle of a crisis”, one of its founding members admitted for the first time yesterday – but its embattled principal refused to resign.

Of the more than 100 teachers who took part in a special town hall meeting yesterday, almost all stood up to say they wanted the head, Dr Gregg Maloberti, to go as the governors looked on stunned, several staff told the South China Morning Post.

A dozen teachers upset by the management’s stance in an increasingly bitter governance dispute stormed out in tears, while the board chairman later told a parent seeking more accountability she should move her children to a public school.

Maloberti, asked by the Post if he would resign, insisted he would not.

The board of governors urged teachers at the closed-door emergency meeting to give Maloberti a chance despite his shortcomings.

Parents waited outside the meeting for answers, as teachers aired their grievances about the so-called dire state of the school’s leadership team. The school had warned teachers not to divulge the contents of the meeting to parents or the press.