There was constant pressure because, from time to time, for example, they would come to the schoolyard and ask, ‘What curriculum are you using? Who is the principal here?’ It was a form of patriotism, in a way, to say, ‘The principal isn’t here. We’re in class.’ But schools with only Albanian students had it a little easier than the schools in the city, where both communities were in the same building.
[…] When the schools were closed, the teachers started organizing classes in homes. Lower-grade teachers would take the students into their own homes, while teachers of higher grades, from sixth to ninth, as well as high schools, started organizing in home-schools, which was very difficult. This situation lasted for about six or seven months.
Drita Kadriu was born in 1963 in Mitrovica. She graduated from the Faculty of Biology in 1989. In 1994, she became the principal of the “Meto Bajraktari” school, now known as “Musa Hoti,” where she worked until 2004. She is currently the Director of Education in the Municipality of Mitrovica and lives in Mitrovica.