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SOUTH EDITION
February 19-25 2010
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The parents and teachers stage a ‘sit-in’ protest at the school and intend to do it on a weekly basis
Protest at school PARENTS, TEACHERS and even some children from the Colegio Principe de Espana staged at three hour ‘sit-in’ on Tuesday evening to protest about the treacherous state of their school. The school, built almost 40 years ago, is in a decrepit condition and with more
by Louise Clarke
than 700 children and 50 teachers attending each day it is certainly a severe health and safety concern. Recently conditions have worsened and after the recent rain, over
30 leaks were found in the ceiling of one classroom alone. The teachers have to teach their classes grouped together in one corner away from dripping leaks in the roof and as they also don’t have any heating, the kids are do-
ing their lessons in coats, gloves and scarves. When the weather got particularly cold at the beginning of the year, some parents were forced to keep their children off school as it was far too cold for them to sit for hours in their classrooms. The school’s Di-
rector contacted the Department of Education in Valencia to inform them of the situation, only to be told that they wouldn’t be sending an inspector and to just take photographs the next time it happened! Continued on page 3
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