• Education.Madrid, Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha and part of Castilla y León suspend classes in schools and institutes

Teachers are in favor of suspending classes in educational centers in the coming days in regions such as

Madrid

,

Castilla-La Mancha

,

Castilla y León

,

Aragón

or the

Valencian Community

due to the difficulties of access to schools in school transport and the Damage to the infrastructures that

Filomena

has left

, as well as the problems to combine the intense cold of the storm with the cross ventilation of the classrooms required by Covid-19.

"Two phenomena have come together: the third wave of coronavirus and the storm. The situation is much worse than September and the logical thing is to delay going back to class for a week and return to

online

teaching

, except in regions where it is not necessary , like the

Canary Islands

or

Cantabria

, so that the educational centers are prepared with all the security measures, "

Nicolás Fernández Guisado

, president of the

Anpe

union

, told this newspaper

.

In his opinion, the autonomous communities should update the security protocols against the virus because "currently the circumstances do not exist to comply with all the hygienic-sanitary measures."

Extremadura

has been the first region to postpone the return to classrooms for one week for Secondary students, due to the increase in the incidence of Covid-19 in the region.

ESO and Bachillerato students study electronically.

Also Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, part of Castilla y León and Aragon have postponed the return, scheduled for this Monday, due to adverse weather conditions.

In Madrid, the possibility of canceling classes for the entire week is being studied and the decision will be announced by the president,

Isabel Díaz Ayuso

, as soon as they analyze the situation of the facilities, since they have found that pipes have frozen, heaters have been damaged and trees have fallen in the patios, as well as some cover.

For example, the gymnasium of the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute or a part of the courtyard of the Maristas de Chamberí school.

They have to evaluate that there is no risk of landslides in the cornice of buildings until they make a decision on the matter and for this they are holding different meetings, according to sources from the regional government.

Mario Gutiérrez

,

CSIF

educational

officer

, believes that "the return should be delayed until conditions are safe" and predicts that "the centers will take days to repair the damage."

"The schools have suffered severely from the effects of the cold wave, which have not yet been repaired," he says.

This union has sent a letter to all the Ministries of Education in which they are reminded that they are going to "breach the

Occupational Risk Prevention Law

, which requires that schools be between 17 and 34 degrees of temperature", something that is not is occurring because the protocols require the windows to be opened on a recurring basis.

"The heating systems must be reinforced to reach this parameter and equipped with air purifiers with

HEPA

filter

in all classrooms and carbon dioxide meters. We have been asking for it for months and it is working on an improvisation basis. Let's delay the return until that the centers are safe, "he emphasizes.

Maribel Loranca

, head of the

UGT

Teaching Federation

, insists, like the rest of the unions, that her priority commitment is "for face-to-face education."

"But the storm has been mixed with the pandemic situation, which is getting worse in some communities than in others. It depends on many circumstances, but teachers in Madrid, the Valencian Community, Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Aragón and Castilla y León has asked us to postpone the return if the minimum security conditions are not met, "he says.

If the regional governments pay attention to their teachers, the students would have to give classes electronically.

The problem is that this formula is irregular and not all students receive distance classes, either because the promised computers have not arrived, or because the network connections are adequate.

This increases the gap and inequality, as occurred during the closure of educational centers between April and June, and harms students with more socioeconomic needs.

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