"With this new school we increase the educational offer and offer the possibility to parents to decide what kind of education they want for their children," explained the Mayor.
The first phase of construction will provide the necessary infrastructure to host the second cycle of Early Childhood Education and urbanization of the plot in which the educational complex will be located.
Puerto Lumbreras will have a bilingual private school, which will be in operation as of the 2018/2019 school year.
This was presented at a press conference this morning the mayor of the town, Mª Angeles Tunis, and those responsible for the development of the project.
The mayor of Puerto Lumbreras has stressed that "with this new center will expand the educational offer and increase the number of places, allowing more than 700 new students in the municipality."
In addition, Tunisia has added that "the project responds to an important demand that there is in the municipality for this type of educational centers".
Being a private initiative, the construction and construction of the educational project, which will occupy an area of ​​more than 25,000 square meters, will not incur any cost to the City of Puerto Lumbreras.
In this regard, Tunisia stressed that "the implementation of this project will create new opportunities and contribute to the dynamization of the local economy with the generation of more than fifty direct jobs between teachers, assistants and dining staff, As well as a score of indirect positions with the hiring of gardeners, maintenance services and suppliers.
The first phase of construction will provide the necessary infrastructure to host the second cycle of Early Childhood Education for students aged 3 to 5 years, as well as the development of the plot in which the educational complex will be located.
A second phase of construction will conclude with the lifting of the necessary buildings for the development of the levels of education of Primary, Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate.
From September, the project promoters will enable a point of attention in the municipality to provide more information to stakeholders.
The mayor was satisfied with the choice of Puerto Lumbreras as a municipality to host this new center and stressed "the importance of this exciting project, not only for the municipality, but also for the region, as it will generate employment and will be a center Reference at the educational level ".
In addition, Tunisia has stated that "with this new school we increase the educational offer and offer the possibility to the parents to decide what kind of education they want for their children." The new school that will be arranged and bilingual is a project that was included in Our electoral program to guarantee freedom of choice for families on educational models. We will continue to advocate for public education, but, above all, we will defend the freedom of choice of family center. "
Puerto Lumbreras has four public schools, three of which are bilingual.
With the construction of this new school, the locality would increase the places of education Primary and Secondary and would count on the first school agreed in the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras