The Minister of Educational Development and FP, Maria del Carmen Castillohas brought together the eight provincial delegates of his department electronically this Thursday. The objective of the meeting was to make an “updated and joint” review of the incidents that educational centers are suffering Andalusians due to the effects of DANA. This Thursday, they suspended classes in 38 centers37 in the province of Cadiz and one in Alcalá del Río (Seville).
Castle has highlighted the “extraordinary effort” that the management teams are carrying out with their teachers and administration staff to take the necessary measures against the incidents that have allowed classes to continue. Likewise, he thanked the staff of the delegations, the technicians of the Andalusian Public Agency for Education (APAE) and the educational inspectorate for their work in supporting the centers. APAE technicians have carried out more than 70 inspections to assess the damage, guarantee safety and establish the necessary repair actions.
With figures that “may still vary depending on the evolution of the DANA“, Cadiz is the province most affected this Thursday. So far, classes have been suspended in nine municipalities, specifically, in Barbate, Jerez de la Frontera, Chiclana de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real, Prado del Rey, Vejer, Arcos de la Frontera and Espera. The centers include Early Childhood and Primary Education schools, Secondary Education Institutes, Official Language Schools of the public network and also a concerted center.
Specifically, in Barbate, there have been twelve the schools in which classes have been suspended. The closure has been decreed by the Emergency Services due to the possibility of the river that passes through the town overflowing. In Jerez de la Frontera, the suspension of classes has affected the Virgen del Mar in El Portal, whose closure has been due to the overflowing of the river, which has made it impossible for school transport to access the center. In addition, it has affected the CDP Montealto; EOI Jerez; IES Álvar Núñez; IES Andrés Benítez; CEIP Miguel de Cervantes and CEIP La Ina, in the town of the same name.
In Chiclana de la Frontera the centers that have suspended activity are the CEI Huerta del Rosario, the El Bocoy Early Childhood Education Center, the Official Language School, for flood conditions in the environment, and the CEI Mayorazgo. Meanwhile, at the CEIP El Trovador and at the CDP San Agustín, staggered departures and the suspension of the school cafeteria have been authorized due to the risk of flooding of the river near both educational centers. For its part, the Santa Cecilia Elementary Conservatory of Music has also suspended its classes.
At the CEIP San Francisco in Arcos de la Frontera, the center has been closed due to damage to the facilities due to the water accumulationas well as in the Azahar center in the town of Prado del Rey in the Cádiz mountain range. Within the framework of the Bay of Cádiz, the Inspector Francisco Poveda Díaz Permanent Education Center of Puerto Real has suspended activity and the CEIP El Trocadero has canceled its dining room service. Also in the Puerto Rican municipality, the IES Virgen del Carmen, as well as the CEIP Castillo de Doña Blanca in El Puerto de Santa María, have had to close their doors this Thursday morning, a town where the Rafael Taboada Elemental Conservatory also has no activity. .
In the Sierra region, the Rafael Alberti de Espera Infant School has suspended its school hours following instructions from the corresponding police authorities for the cut in access roads In the Janda region, the Sándalo-Breña Rural Public School, based in Los Naveros. Vejer de la Frontera has also been forced to suspend its classes, as well as the Hazas de la Suerte Permanent Education Section. School transportation has also been affected by the passage of DANA, preventing in some cases the accessibility of students to educational centers.
The Sierra region has been the most affected in this sense, specifically its lines between the municipalities of El Gastor and Ubrique. In this way, student attendance at CEIP Nuestra Señora del Rosario has been affected; in Zahara de la Sierra for access to the CEIP Maestro Juan María Martín center; in Algodonales on its access to the IES Fuente Alta. In addition, the towns of Villaluenga del Rosario and Grazalema also have access problems to the IES Maestro Francisco Fatou.
Under the supervision of the Educational Inspection, in collaboration and direct communication with the management of educational centers, the departure of the students has been brought forward school transport user on those routes where an incident could occur caused by the weather conditions caused by heavy rains.
Furthermore, in the province of Seville, classes have been suspended at the CEIP San Ignacio del Viar in Alcalá del Río. On the other hand, one of the towns most affected by DANA a few days ago, Álora, in the province of Málaga, has recovered teaching activity in all its educational centers, as well as in the Sevillian towns of Carmona, Sanlúcar la Mayor and Écija, where the respective town councils decreed the closure preventively to guarantee safety.