The AMPA of CEIP La Destila has requested the Arrecife City Council to close El Daute and Rubicón streets to traffic at the school's entrance and exit time. The mothers and fathers of the center assure that a four-year-old girl was run over this Tuesday when she was leaving school and that "the Local Police were not there."
"Usually, half of the days the Local Police of Arrecife do not appear at the entrance and exit of the school, and also, when they come they stand on the corner of El Daute street with Manolo Millares street, neglecting Rubicon street, through which vehicles leave that then pass in front of the entrance and exit door of the school," says the AMPA, which also points out that "El Daute street is narrow and full of children, fathers and mothers." Thus, it considers that "cars should not pass at that time" and that these streets "should be closed to traffic."
The AMPA believes that "this accident possibly would not have happened if the Local Police of Arrecife had been there." "Even with the mere presence of the Police, drivers respect the rules more and reduce their speed. In addition, Manolo Millares street is semi-pedestrian, as far as we know, and you cannot go more than 20 kilometers per hour, which is rarely respected," he says.
Therefore, the AMPA of CEIP La Destila requests the Arrecife City Council to close El Daute and El Rubicón streets to traffic "at the entrance and exit time of the school, for the safety of minors."
Meeting with the island director for the "deficiencies" of the center
On the other hand, the mothers and fathers of the school have reported on the meeting they held with the island director of Education, Celeste Callero, regarding the "deficiencies" reported in the center.
"She informed us that the budget and permits for the gas in the school cafeteria are approved, but the kitchen needs to be conditioned. Until now they told us that only two holes needed to be made, but it is much more than that. The reality is that the kitchen lacks false ceilings, there are no cold rooms and there is also nothing assembled," says the AMPA, which states that Callero gave them to understand "that the cafeteria will not be put into operation this year." "Probably that was the word she said, since this conditioning of the kitchen still has to be put out to tender, and then continue with the rest of the procedure," she specifies.
Regarding the construction light, the parents point out that "it will continue like this until the solar panels are regularized in accordance with current regulations."
"The island director has commented that she has only been in office for a month and does not really know all the shortcomings of the center, that she is going to ask the architect why the roof of the patio that was in the original project was removed, and why shade was not put in the children's classrooms, since they get direct sunlight all morning," add the mothers and fathers, who indicate that "they are covering the windows with papers and cardboard in these classrooms with children between 3 and 5 years old to avoid excessive heat."
Another problem, according to the AMPA, "is that water pipes are breaking every week and it is common for there to be no water in the bathrooms with the lack of hygiene that this entails." "We don't think it's normal for this to happen in a new construction," they point out.
"That the school be finished"
"From the AMPA we are not satisfied with this situation and we reiterate our request that the school be finished," say the mothers and fathers of the school, who insist that the center "was inaugurated without being finished and with many deficiencies."
"It seems that the Government and previous political leaders were in a great hurry to take the photo. The priority of the fathers and mothers is the cafeteria, not only so that the children can have lunch in the school itself, but also to carry out the late pick-up that so many parents need and that was so publicized by the previous leaders. And it turns out that not even the tender has been started to carry out the conditioning of the cafeteria. The situation is shameful. 'They are going to have a spectacular school' Mario Pérez told us, but the reality is that almost the only improvement is that now the children have block walls instead of rusty barracks," they conclude.