Are lessons cancelled in Telde on 11 November?

The report does not say. It names only the canteen, the early and late care and the activities at CEIP Esteban Navarro Sánchez.

Does the cancellation apply to all schools on Gran Canaria?

No, it is known only for this school in Telde. The research found no general Canary Islands rule for canteens on the strike day.

Will parents get paid fees back?

That is open. A mother asks the question publicly, and no answer from the school, parents' association, caterer or Consejería is available.

How many staff keep Telde town hall running on the strike day?

According to Telde Actualidad, 20 staff in five areas. Schools and canteens are not covered by this.

Gran Canaria: Telde school canteen off on 11 November

Q: What should parents on Gran Canaria do before 11 November?

They should ask the school, the parents' association or the canteen operator whether meals and care run. The research found no general rule.

What is cancelled at the Telde school on 11 November?

Three services at CEIP Esteban Navarro Sánchez in El Calero (Telde) stop on Wednesday 11 November 2026, according to the report. They are the canteen, the early and late care, and the after-school activities.

The school has told families about the canteen. Its caterer, Catering Carben, cannot guarantee food preparation, meal transport or supervision of the children during the strike.

According to the report, the parents' association AMPA 13 de Marzo suspends the early and late care and the activities. Whether lessons go ahead is not in the report.

The report rests on one mother, whose name is not given. The portal says it has not checked her account, and no answers from the school, caterer, AMPA or the Consejería de Educación (Canary Islands education ministry) are available.

Should families across Gran Canaria expect cancellations?

The report concerns a single school in Telde. It names no others.

The research found no Canary Islands order on minimum services for schools or canteens on 11 November.

The research found no general rule for all schools on Gran Canaria either. Parents should ask the school, the parents' association or the canteen operator whether meals and care run on Wednesday.

Canteen and early care are indispensable for families where both parents work. That is the view of the mother from Telde, according to the report.

How many staff does Telde town hall keep on duty?

According to Telde Actualidad, Mayor Juan Antonio Peña met the town hall's HR management and union representatives on 9 November. They agreed unanimously on 20 staff to keep essential services running on 11 November.

Five work in the Servicios Sociales (social services), six in Estadística y Atención a la Ciudadanía (statistics and citizen services) and five in the Servicios Municipales. One comes from Nuevas Tecnologías (new technologies) and three from Recursos Humanos (human resources).

The agreement covers town hall staff only. The report does not mention schools or canteens.

What does the mother criticise, and what does she want to know?

The mother says she respects the right to strike. Her complaint is that the services were cut as a precaution, before anyone knew which staff would walk out.

She wants to know which minimum services the authorities have set and by what criteria the services were suspended. She also asks what happens to fees already paid for services that will not run.

She wants clarity on whether the caterer, the school management or the parents' association is responsible. Whether families will receive compensation is her fifth question.

In her view, canteen and early care are essential for working parents. She says similar cancellations have happened before, including on days of bad weather.

Who regulates school canteens, and what do they cost?

The Consejería de Educación regulates school canteens through yearly Instrucciones (instructions) published in the BOC. For 2026-27, a search hit gives the number BOC 2026/100/1759, but the research could not confirm its content.

According to the school blog, the canteen at CEIP Esteban Navarro Sánchez has 250 approved places. The blog says the parents' association runs the early care from 07:00 to 08:30, so it does not depend directly on the school management.

The research found no fees for this school. Another school lists €3.80 per meal for 2026-27, unchanged on the previous year, but that is not a regional tariff.

Parents' associations on Tenerife complained in March 2026 of a structural problem in staffing canteens. At CEIP Granadilla de Abona the canteen failed for about 70 sixth-graders on 11 March and ran again on 12 March.

Parents' representatives name the key ratio as one supervisor per 25 children in Infantil (pre-school) and one per 35 in Primaria (primary school). They say the ratios are often not met and call for faster cover from the Consejería.

What is still open, and what comes next?

According to search hits, the unions UGT and CCOO called the general strike on 11 November 2026. It lasts 24 hours and centres on housing, wages, precarious work and shorter working hours.

It is open whether families get their fees back and who decided on the cancellation: the school, the parents' association or the caterer. The report also gave no number of affected families.

Readers can watch whether the Consejería de Educación or the BOC still set minimum services for schools. No dates are announced for that, nor for answers from the school, the parents' association and the caterer.