The City Council of A Pobra do Brollón is calling an extraordinary plenary session for this Sunday 25th to discuss the cuts planned for the public school for the next school year. The plenary session will be held at 11:30, before the demonstration scheduled for 12:00 in the ‘Samugueiros’ recreational area.
The call is made following the request from the ANPA of CEIP A Pobra do Brollón in which they express their concern for the future of the children of the school and their families.
If the cuts are applied, next school year 2024-25 there will be one less teacher, therefore three teachers to attend to 33 primary school students who will be divided into two classrooms of 16 and 17 students. One would be for first and second grade, and the other for the other four grades.
Families are asking for one more teacher and a more equitable distribution of the courses, which group together students of very different levels and also exceed the ratios recommended by the Xunta itself. The resolution of January 10, 2024 of the Department of Education indicates that primary school students belonging to different cycles cannot be grouped together in the same unit, when the ratio is equal to or less than 12.
The mayor of A Pobra do Brollón, Xosé Lois Maceda, requested a meeting with the Xunta delegate in Lugo, Javier Arias, to convey the concerns and find a solution. ‘The regional administration has to reflect and see that this situation is not fair. If we want to avoid depopulation and guarantee everyone the same rights, the services provided in rural areas must be the same as those provided in other towns and cities,’ says Maceda.
