CHILE. Closing municipal schools has 11 stores in three communes in the country

CHILE. Closing municipal schools has 11 stores in three communes in the country

 
La Cisterna, Florida and Valparaiso would be far communes affected by the decisions of their respective mayors face the problems of public education. They produced the closure of some facilities, such as A-111 Technical School La Cisterna-leaving students without the continuity of their careers, and also other schools are disappearing through merger with other institutions.

Various events are taking place in these sectors, where those affected are not even allege that the breach of an explanation Padem, Municipal Education Academic Plan, making several calls to the authorities responsible for the commitment that the document acquired with villagers .

Meanwhile, in questioning the use of the budget of $ 175 million for public education in 2013, after "saving municipal education", as it was called that item in Congress. That's why late last year to various stakeholders were alerted to the announced closure of municipal schools in the districts already named, affecting nearly six thousand children.

In the case of the Cistern, the attorneys they would have released the decision to delivering promotional licensing course, affecting an average of 1,400 students and 200 teachers. The municipality argues that there is economic capacity for the maintenance of schools, given the academic performance of each of the establishments which appear to favor maintenance. The measures taken in the Cistern involve merging Sergio Silva Acuña School with the College Palestinian Minister recess Abdon Cifuentes Liceo A-111 and the elimination of basic education portal Liceo La Cisterna.

This brought together a series of movements in defense of students, teachers and employees of establishments of the Cistern. This morning the villagers called a demonstration outside City Hall against Mayor Santiago Rebolledo, who in one of his statements to the media said that "Instead of continuing to pay electricity and water half empty college, [is better] take these children, take them a couple of blocks and allocating resources for better teachers and thus raise their scores. "

Meanwhile, in Florida called a parade this afternoon requesting the participation of all people in the district to protest the decision of the mayor Rodrigo Carter, who said to Radio Bio Bio, given the critical financial situation of the municipality and the corporation, decided he would particularly make the next move in the education of their commune: the College Catalonia will be merged with the College Sotero del Rio, United Villas colleges and Dominican Republic will be merged with the college Marcela Paz, and finally, the school Green areas will be merged with the College Cardenal Samore. That is, seven establishments would only three.

VALPARAISO CITY COUNCIL was not consulted

In Valparaiso this morning came the attorneys to court to claim porteños the closure of primary schools David Ben Gurion, Eleuterio Ramirez and Albert Frederick, while the mayor reported melting Porteño School Japan School United Nations, both of Playa Ancha Diego Portales School with Bombal, School and Republic of Argentina with the Lyceum Pedro Montt. According to Mayor Jorge Castro, discarded establishments become schools for adult education.

This was not consulted with the City Council, is why Abel Gallardo, Valparaiso councilor, said: "The mayor's explanation is that this county is poorer than the other, but here too there is clearly a management problem. However, the most important thing is that this measure does not solve the underlying problem, because school closures as means to save resources in electricity, water and telephone, but nothing else, unless the mayor is thinking that to be made redundant after teachers, and if so he has to have the courage to announce it as a real proposal and not as a result of this decision. "

By Daniela Rodriguez

The Citizen DAILY