“The technicians who checked the center classified it as red, that is, They considered that it had to be demolished. I’m telling you about the first inspection of the Ministry, shortly after the DANA. The last thing they had told us was that they were going to put up some barracks while they built a new building, so that the children could return to the town next year. The passage was prohibited, the school had been sealed“Nobody came in until the cleaning tasks began, and we don’t know who requested them either,” answers María Ángeles García, president of the AMPA of the CEIP Lluís Vives from Massanassa. The building was 50 years old. and it had been in “poor condition” for some time, with rusty windows and some uncorked roofs, according to the families. “On the day of DANA, The cars crashed into the beams and walls of the school. It was going to cost them more money to fix it than to make a new one…”, they insist.
The Ministry had not communicated – at least, formally – its decision when the catastrophe hit Massanassa again: a 51-year-old worker has died and another was injured when a pergola partially collapsed while they were carrying out inspection, rehabilitation and cleaning work in the vicinity of the building. The two workers, of the public company Tragsawere accompanied by members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME). The death of the worker – “murder”, according to the unions – has once again put the focus on the “negligent” management of Carlos Mazón and his counselor of Education, José Antonio Rovira.
He president of the Generalitat had confirmed a visit to the Lluís Vives school after hearing the news, but current events forced a change of plans. “We all have the right to be with our families,” his team tried to justify. Mazón decided not to go to the accident site shortly after the Government delegate, Pilar Bernabewas rebuked in the town along with other members of the Government. “The worker who was killed by them [la administración pública valenciana] Didn’t he have the right to rest with his family? This goes from brown to dark. If reconstruction consists of sending workers to the slaughterhouse, we make an amendment to the entirety,” he claims. Beatriu Cardonaspokesperson for the Valencian Intersindical.
He counselor of Education, Culture, Universities and Occupation, José Antonio Rovirawent on to say that “in no case was there a report that said the building was at risk of collapsing.” The data refutes it. And the newspaper archive, too. The mayor of Massanassa, Paco Comes (PP), defended this Monday that his team “always” fought to prevent entry “to that facility.” The City Council, in fact, had been warning for weeks about the danger of the landslides. “The entire population is prohibited, as a precaution, from entering the Lluís Vives and Ausiàs March schools. given the notice of possible demolition”, reads a publication spread on networks on November 7.
Rovira has stressed that the accident took place “simply on a porch, perhaps due to damage to a pillar” and has described the collapse as “unforeseeable.” The opposition and the educational community, once again, contradict this version. “It is striking that, while the Massanassa City Council asked not to approach the center, the Department said that there was no danger. It is one more inconsistency in their way of acting.. The best example of what Mazón’s policy is is the Minister of Education: absolute neglect,” he acknowledges. Public José Luis LorenzPSPV deputy and spokesperson for Education in Les Corts. The socialists remember that the City Council itself had requested to join the Pla Edificantpromoted by PSPV, Compromís and Unides Podem, to renew the CEIP Lluis Vives. The PP decided to paralyze this program after taking over the Government of the Generalitat.
“He counselor of Education has not even visited the area. Mazón and his government have completely abandoned educational management. This denotes a lack of humanity and absolute professionalism; They have delegated all responsibility to the directors of schools and institutes… The situation is extremely serious,” says Gerard Fullana, Compromís deputy and spokesperson for Education in the Generalitat. Yolanda Diaz confirmed this Monday that the Labor Inspection is investigating the death of the worker who died in Massanassa, while doubts grow about the company’s actions in the area: Why was a school that is going to be demolished cleaned? The Conselleria d’Educació has not responded – for now – to calls from Public.
The abandonment of the educational community
The effects of DANA have forced the closure – temporary, if not definitive – of 92 schools and institutes throughout the Valencian Country. Two weeks ago, the Conselleria d’Educació ordered the reopening of 47 of them, but many are still dusty due to mold, mud and humidity. “DANA has exposed the general structure of the Valencian educational systemcharacterized by precariousness and minimum maintenance. The Government has been putting pressure on the centers, specifically the management teams, for days to resume activity as soon as possible,” he says. Ruben Pachecopresident of the FAMPA València family federation.
He Benetússer Town Hall has suspended sine die the opening of schools and other municipalities ask that Educació “certify” that it is “safe” to return to the classrooms, a demand that has intensified after the death of an operator this weekend. “He counselor has said that that pillar [en el CEIP Lluis Vives de Massanassa] It could have been damaged before DANA. If this was indeed the case and none of the technical reviews detected it, we are talking about very serious negligence. But it doesn’t end here. The City Council warned after the floods of the possibility of a landslide. The technicians and counselor They knew it, if not, it would be another negligence in this sum and it continues endlessly,” continues Pacheco. The Generalitat has demanded that teachers, according to sources in the educational community, account for the condition of the pipesthe electrical installation or heating in the centers affected by DANA.
“The directors tell us that they have received practically no instructions for anything. The schools have reopened without reports of health guarantees. This is a very serious issue: all responsibility was placed on the management teams“, they acknowledge from Compromís. Beatriu Cardona, spokesperson for the Valencian Intersindical, confirms to Public which, as the majority union in the teaching sector, do not rule out legal action: “The workers see that no one guarantees their health; nor their lives. We have been warning from the beginning that schools are not safe, we know this because we have visited them, but of course, the counselor He hasn’t left his office. This death is a murder of the bosses and the employers’ association here is the Valencian public administration; could have been avoided, that is why we are going to process all the complaints that we consider appropriate.
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