Education will adapt a space next to the municipal warehouse for the local cluster of APAS

22 August 2017

Educación adecuará un espacio junto al almacén municipal para la agrupación local de APAS

The collective has left the teachers' home of Leonor Canalejas before its next demolition and will have the new headquarters in mid-October

The Department of Education will adapt a space next to the municipal warehouse for the local group of APAs before the imminent demolition of the building in which is its current headquarters, the old houses of teachers of the public school Leonor Canalejas. The mayor and head of Education, Toni Pérez, explained that "we are relocating services that had their headquarters" in these homes, one of which presents structural damages that force their demolition.

"After months looking for the best location," the mayor has proposed that the APA group move to a space of about 65 square meters at the top of the municipal warehouse, which has "independent access" from Estación street and in Which, in addition to "a multipurpose room", there is "an office, a warehouse and sanitary."

Pérez visited this morning with the mayor of Urban Scene, José Ramón González de Zárate; The president of the APA, Francisco Santamaría; A member of the board of directors of the group; and several municipal technicians. In the field the representatives of the APA have indicated their needs and based on these, the technicians of the City Council will draft the adaptation project, which will include the renovation of the electrical installation and the air conditioning of this space.

The mayor said that "after months looking for the best location" has opted for this space in the municipal warehouse so that the local group of APA's "can continue doing its work in an environment with more than 1,100 school places for school children "and" with nearby parking areas. " It is estimated that the group will be able to have this new headquarters "in mid-October".

Works in the classrooms of P2

Taking advantage of this visit to the municipal warehouse, the mayor has moved to public schools Aitana and Vasco Núñez de Balboa, where the City Council is carrying out the works of adaptation of two classrooms for children to be able to host the new units of P2 created by Conselleria, At municipal request, for the 2017/2018 academic year. The investment has been around 70,000 euros and works will be ready by the end of August.

The mayor recalled that the works affects indoor and outdoor spaces. Thus, in the classrooms are changing the pavement, are making new windows and adapting the bathrooms so that teachers can control and monitor children. As far as the outside area of Vasco Núñez de Balboa school has been made a ramp with fence, the patio floor has been redone and the walls are repainting. In addition, rubber will be placed in the children's play area of Aitana school.