Parents in La Herradura are once again demanding a new school for their children, as the present school does not meet all the criteria necessary to provide a reasonable quality of education for it’s pupils, citing that students have to leave the grounds during breaks and no gymnasium or sports court facilities are available.
We’ve heard these very worthy cries before, so why has the voice of the parents been raised once again? The reason is the new appointment to the post of Minister of Education in Granada of Francisco Álverez de la Chica, which has sparked newfound hope amongst the frustrated parents, and also prompted this comment from the Town Hall, “the school community of La Herradura expects a firm commitment to the construction of a new school in line with equal opportunities to be able to defend his party,” said a spokesperson.
Town Hall Councillor for Education, María Victoria Ruiz is hoping that the choice of Alvarez de la Chica is a positive move by the Junta to ensure that “our municipality claims that have been demanded now for several years, be heard, and that it will not be as previously dealt with when previous Ministers would not listen, meet or even discuss the subject of a new school,” she said.
We reported on the visit of the previous Minister, when students and parents hung banners on the paseo and demonstrated during the visit, but still the Minister would not be drawn on the subject.
The Councillor had a few more choice words for the incoming Minister, but, in reality, until we hear from the Minister on the subject. What is clear is that the present situation is not acceptable to our local parents. We’ve all done our share of student dodging on the paseo, and it will only take one non-local, who is not used to the students spilling into the road, to clip a child and this whole issue will come crashing into the public domain with the ferocity of a tsunami.
Until the Minister makes his first comments on the subject so we know if we’re dealing with the same animal, the cries of the parents for help will continue, no doubt hindered by the political infighting by the two opposing political parties in the Town Hall and the Junta.