Ave Kikas worked as director at Luunja Secondary School in Tartu County. Her employment contract was suddenly terminated. The municipal government decided to terminate it unilaterally.
Ave Kikas says she didn't want to leave. She found a letter in her mailbox stating that her employment would end. She believes she was pressured to resign. When she didn't agree, the contract was terminated.
Mayor Annika Pajumaa-Murov says the employment contract was terminated as an emergency measure. However, she states that no one was pressured to leave. The mayor doesn't explain why the director lost confidence.
Ave Kikas believes the reasons for terminating the contract were false. She says there were no remarks about her work during the school year. She thinks the municipal government wants to get rid of her because she obtained the director position under the previous administration.
Another issue was the school start time. Kikas says school was supposed to start at 9 AM, but the council decided it would start at 8:15 AM. This caused conflict.
The mayor says the school start time wasn't the reason for termination. She says the real reason is known but won't be disclosed.
It was previously said that Kikas used intimidation. But Kikas says this isn't true. She says most teachers supported her.
The municipal government is announcing a new competition to find a director. Kikas says she will go to the labor dispute committee because she believes her contract termination was wrongful.