Flexitime inconvenience at Ministry of Education

The reason I am drawing this to her attention is due to the fact I think she is not aware of the problem and I am sure many other members of the public have had this horrible experience.

I live at Trincity but teach in the west therefore any matters I have to see about is either done during time off or after school.

Having a matter to deal with, I decided not to abandon my students but to leave as soon as school was dismissed. With the increased traffic and the problem to get a car park, I reached a particular section of the Finance section just after 3 pm, only to find the entire section empty. I enquired from a lady in a nearby section to which she replied the officers in that section have flexitime (from 7 am to 3 pm).

Madame Minister this is a horrible arrangement. How could all the officers in the same section be granted flexitime together? What has happened to the 8 am - 4 pm workday? Can some other arrangement be put in place to accommodate members of the public from 3 - 4 pm?

My suggestion is to split up those workers but I am sure they do not reach for 7 am, do not start work at 7 am even if they are there, take long lunches and even leave before 3 pm.

A problem one may encounter though because I have tried to visualise it in the work setting is what happens when people who stay after 3 pm want to leave early perhaps due to an emergency? Another problem, do the same officers always have flexitime or can it be some in/some off at different intervals thereby giving everyone the advantage of being able to leave early.?

Madame Minister, this is a Ministry that should be evolving as with everything that is happening nationally as well as internationally.