Part of the roof at the Molivent college collapsed yesterday, forcing the suspension of classes. The events occurred before 09:00, before the classes had started. As a result, numerous attendees where sent home and the potential for injury was kept to a minimum.

After an initial inspection by the municipal technical services, it was decided that classes would be suspended as a precautionary measure until next Monday.

Molivent public school was opened in 1969 and is one of the oldest in the educational infrastructure in Guardamar. Some parents are blaming the age of the building as the cause of the incident, commenting that, “it could have been more serious if it had happened during a class.” Some parents also complained that the administrators of the school are aware of the decay of the building, but are not prepared to invest in repair or maintenance work.

According to the mayor, Marylène Albentosa, the most probable cause is the effects of a bout of recent rains during Easter week.

Albentosa understood “the concerns of parents for the damage caused”, but above all, stated that there were no injuries caused by the unfortunate incident as it occurred outside school hours.

The Mayor contined to say that both the technical services and education representatives of the council will return to school to resume the report and see what future steps need to be taken to repair the damaged facilities.

According to the mayor, the options being considered are “the installation of pupils in classes in temporary facilities, the famous pre-fabricated classrooms, in order to complete the remaining two months of school year”.

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