The Kiryat Motzkin municipality hung a giant image of Education Minister Yoav Kish on the city hall building, with the caption "Abandoned Motzkin's children." Mayor Tziki Avishar told ynet that "the Ministry of Education refused to compensate us for the significant economic implications of hosting more than a thousand students and staff from Mateh Asher at our old high school. The costs of reinforcing the building have increased significantly and are imposed on us. The delay in reinforcement has led to delays in rebuilding the school, whose students cannot enter until its reinforcement is completed - and they are forced to stay in a crumbling building."