The mobilization, organized in record time, seeks a municipal response given the approaching enrollment period in May. The affected families, who reside in the urban area but chose this school in the hamlet, emphasize that the service is crucial for work-life balance, especially for children with special needs.
With the suppression of both services, the school is unviable.
Families have urged the mayor and regional deputy, María Gómez, and the Education councilor, Susana Miralles, to use their influence to defend the interests of Almoradí residents. They have also requested the Department of Education to reconsider the decision, which they interpret as a strategy to “fill” the new School Number 4 and “a step towards closing the Heredades school.”
Gómez noted that the new school opens many opportunities and announced a meeting this Tuesday with the regional secretary to address the issue. The families, for their part, feel “very helpless” and have warned that if no solutions are found after the meeting, they will continue fighting for the school's viability, where they enrolled their children for its pedagogical values and inclusion.
CEIP Heredades is a small, single-line school with 80 students. Half of them, 40 children from Almoradí's urban area, would lose the bus service and, consequently, the dining service at Martínez y Canales school. The AMPA has expressed its “deep concern” over a measure that could compromise the school's viability in the medium term due to a potential decrease in enrollments.
