It was the year when rookie Minister of Education Patrick Faber took up the education portfolio.

It was one of his first trials as Minister, and if Juanita Lucas and Celia Carillo, the Principal and Vice Principal of the school, could, they would give him a failing grade.

That's because according to them, when the teachers refused to cooperate with them, and parents of the students started to resist them, he took disciplinary action against them, which he did not have the authority to do.

So, they took him and his ministry to court before Justice Minnet Hafiz¬Bertram claiming that Faber violated their rights when he suspended them after he put together an investigating team which, according to them, rail-roaded their careers with an unlawful, illegal and irrational report.

They won their case before Justice Hafiz Bertram who made all the remedies against the investigating team and their report.

But, Lucas and Celia Carillio believe their position was not fully vindicated, so they took the matter to the Court of Appeal which was heard in 2010.

After almost 3 years, the decision was handed down today, and their appeal was dismissed.

So, that's the situation; both women remain on suspension, their careers put on hold, and they haven't been given a new hearing which was ordered by Justice Bertram in the Supreme Court Case.