School alarms, classroom: 9 thousand students in Lazio without class. Principles: “Sliding opening”

Schools in Lazio reopen on September 14but it won’t be a walk in the park. The issue of “space” is central in the post-Coronavirus era, and many institutions in the Region, including Rome, have problems in classrooms. More are needed this year to ensure social distancing. According to data provided by councilor Claudio Di Berardino himself, questioned about it during a hearing in the competent regional commission, it is about 9 thousand children that today they don’t have a physical class where they can be located. “At the beginning of July there were 120 thousand, we will continue looking for suitable alternative spaces in the next few hours” assured the commissioner.

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The technicians of the Region also confirm the data of the missing classes. “In Lazio there are 476 classrooms just for upper secondary schools, so in general it is necessary to double the number: maybe a thousand” said Michela Corsi from the school’s regional office. “If there really are no places for children, we must think of an alternative. There are no physical spaces in buildings.”. Among the problems is also what the different spaces identified They do not have the certifications, we cannot risk putting children in places that are not suitable for teaching ”.

Distance learning, already widely tested (not without problems) in the lockdown phase, may be an alternative, but not for everyone. “It is intended only for upper secondary schools if it is not possible to take lessons in person. We are talking about 15-19 year olds. No primary or lower secondary school will have distance education.”

The principles: “Postpone opening”

Due to the issue of classrooms, but also due to the absence of desks (not all institutes have arrived alone), and the lack of sufficient teachers, it is the directors themselves who ask for a postponement of the exit. “It is a necessity to postpone the start of schools” declares the president of the presidents of Lazio, Mario Rusconi. “I receive many requests from colleagues or because ‘light building’ interventions are underway, then there is the problem of the dining rooms and there are no teachers. The latter is the real problem, it is not only that of the desks “. In conclusion, “The requests of the schools are many, because we want to make sure that you are not unprepared for the inauguration and therefore you can guarantee at least a relative functional, environmental and prophylactic safety to the students after 22”.

Deferred start request that the Region does not appear to have accepted. The opening date is confirmed for the 14th, according to the councilor Di Berardino himself. If, then, there are still problems, it will be the local authorities, the municipalities and the institutions themselves by virtue of their autonomy, which eventually decide to move the opening date.