Around thirty families from the Gregorio Marañón school gathered to demand more support professionals. Education claims the centre has two PTIS and that one of them will join in the coming days.
Around thirty parents from Gregorio Marañón school, in La Cala del Moral, gathered on Monday at the school's entrance to demand that the Junta de Andalucía increase the number of professionals dedicated to supporting students with special needs. The protest, as reported by Diario Sur, continues the families' complaints, who warned that the school year began with only one position filled for the role of Social Integration Technical Personnel (PTIS), the extra support that facilitates the inclusion and autonomy of students with Specific Educational Support Needs (Neae).
The families also criticised that the schedule for this PTIS, when teaching activities began, was set from 12:00 to 14:00. This time frame means that it is the families who have to take care of these children in aspects such as mobility, hygiene, or accompanying them during recess.
The Delegation of Education explains that the school has 10 students this year who require attention from Social Integration Technical Personnel. Currently, the centre has two PTIS: one contracted by the Public Education Agency of Andalucía (APAE), with a schedule of 15 hours per week after having increased their hours by 5 compared to the previous year, and another belonging to Public Function, with 30 hours per week at the centre.
This latter professional needs to be replaced, and the procedure, Education clarifies, has already been processed and is expected to be incorporated in the coming days.
Izquierda Unida participated in the event organised at the school's entrance and joined the complaints of the parents, as they did last year in a similar situation.
The situation at Gregorio Marañón is not the only conflict that has arisen at the start of the school year in Rincón de la Victoria. In Benagalbón, families of students in third and fourth grade at Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria school protested over the delay in installing four prefabricated modules, intended for these students while "serious deficiencies" in this school are resolved, and due to problems arising from the temporary relocation to other spaces.
In this case, Education announced that the prefabricated classrooms will arrive by the end of this term. The Town Hall took care of the foundation and connections for the modules, which has already been completed, and the Junta is responsible for the "planning, administrative procedures, and contracting" for their placement. The temporary relocation, they clarified, is taking place in the main building of the centre, with guarantees and coordinated by the management and technicians of the Andalusian Public Education Agency.
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