This week, classes have started in all the educational centres in the Valencian Community. However, the start of the school year has not been the same for all families. This first day has been particularly hard for María Jesús and her son Arturo, 11, who studies at Ceip Voramar in Alicante. María Jesús has had to carry her son, who weighs around 40 kilos, on her back on horseback up the stairs to her classroom on the first floor, since the centre’s lift has been out of order for the past month. María Jesús and her son have already suffered from this situation for around a month last year.
The elevator, essential for Arturo’s mobility due to his condition (his mobility problems force him to travel in a wheelchair), has been out of service for more than three months, without the city hall having given a date for its repair. However, Arturo is not the only student in the center with reduced mobility, who must access classes by overcoming the obstacle of the twenty steps that separate the ground floor from the first floor. The only alternative that exists, and which is not viable, is for the students not to go to class.
This is not the first time that the promotion has been ruined. Last January, the elevator was out of order for a month before being repaired, but in June, it broke down again. For the families, this situation is becoming untenable, as it is becoming a recurring problem.
From the Alicante City Council, governed by the Popular Party, they wonder why the center “did not report”, while suggesting that it is “very coincidental” that this incident occurred on the day the classes started, as reported by the newspaper. Information. Likewise, the government team announced that a report was being prepared on the causes of these breakdowns, a document that, according to it, may contain “many surprises”, since it explains that the elevator was repaired in June and that it was received on August 22. another breakdown report that was resolved.
