With the opening of new school cafeteria From the “San Isidro Labrador” school in Cabañas de la Sagra (Toledo), there are now 167 that the Government of Castile-La Mancha has integrated into the preschool and primary education centers of the province of Toledo and which welcome 14,780 students and. students.
This was highlighted by the delegate of the Council of Toledo, Álvaro Gutiérrez, together with the provincial delegate of Education, Culture and Sports, José Gutiérrez, during the inauguration of this new school cafeteria during from which they received a more than positive evaluation from the team director of the center and mayor of Cabañas de la Sagra, Tomás Díaz, who accompanied them in this symbolic act for the incorporation of this complementary service to the CEIP ‘ San Jose Labrador’.
The Council delegate congratulated the mayor of Cabañas de la Sagra and the director of CEIP, Rubén Beldad; to the director of studies, Rosario Cedillo Díaz, and to the school secretary, Milagros García, for the interest and collaboration they showed in launching this service which started working with 22 boys and girls.
The new school canteen of the “San Isidro Labrador” school, which opened its doors only two weeks ago, has a large space for children and primary school meals, as well as a modern kitchen area perfectly equipped with technology and kitchen utensils he needs. this service.
It was located in the area for which the center was intended to serve as a dining room and its implementation resulted in a investment of 17,000 euros which allowed the completion of the conditioning works and the possibility of coping with the increase in the number of users expected to occur in the coming weeks.
An important improvement for the CEIP “Cabañas de la Sagra”, a modern educational center in which 170 students study, including 49 in preschool education and 121 in primary education, who form a team of 21 teachers.
Álvaro Gutiérrez highlighted the opening of school canteens in educational centers in the province of Toledo, a program very well received by the educational community and which “contributes to the quality education that President Emiliano García supports and realizes. » -Page with a complement a service that constitutes fundamental support for the work-life balance of families and which, in addition, generates jobs in our cities.
The delegate of the Commission did not want to forget that school canteens have particular importance in the case of rural areas of the province of Toledo where the regional government “successfully develops its strategy to combat depopulation and that inalienable equality of opportunities for all citizens which, in the case of education, is also guaranteed by school canteens, because they contribute to something as important as the constitution of the population through family conciliation and job creation.
An equal opportunity that Gutiérrez highlighted and that the regional government guarantees access to school canteens for all students thanks to the 7,812 canteen scholarships awarded during the current 2024-25 school year in the province of Toledo.
The regional government is opening three new school canteens in the province of Toledo this year: in Cabañas de la Sagra, Cazalegas and Consuegra.
