Two cleaners for 56 children at the Reina Juana nursery school

The Reina Juana Nursery School, in San Roque, is facing the school year with two cleaning workers to look after 56 children, when the planned staff is seven. This is what Vanesa, one of the centre's employees, has explained at the gatherings that teaching staff, the management team and families have held this Monday and this Tuesday at the doors of the building. The situation has dragged on since the beginning of September, when there were only three of the seven planned cleaning workers. Now two remain, who cannot cover the service. The worker has pointed out that they need the sick leaves and vacancies to be filled so that the children are cared for as they should be and that the staff is uninformed about the process. In addition to the lack of staff, there is the increase in the number of students per class imposed by the Regional Ministry of Education of the Junta de Andalucía, as the San Roque City Council recalls. The deputy mayor for Education, Belén Jiménez, has attended the gatherings to show the Council's support. Jiménez has indicated that the centre has accumulated 69 days with these circumstances and that there is no answer on when they will be resolved. She has also announced that she will request an appointment with the provincial delegate for Education to convey the problem to him and has criticised the fact that he has not visited the municipality's schools since he took office.

The San Roque City Council maintains that responsibility for the centre's cleaning staff lies with the Regional Ministry of Education of the Junta de Andalucía, on which the covering of sick leaves and vacancies depends. The gatherings have been repeated this Monday and this Tuesday morning outside the nursery school.