He has also referred to the sports protocols established between the Higher Sports Council and the autonomous communities for the beginning of training and non-professional competitions, and the use of municipal sports facilitiesThe Councilor for Education, Agustín Gonzalo Martínez, explained the battery of municipal measures adopted this summer by the Totana City Council to enable the opening of educational centers starting this Monday, September 14, on the occasion of the beginning of the new 2020/21 school year and the incorporation of students since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.The mayor recalled that the powers of the municipalities in educational matters are about cleaning and maintenance of schools, and around this objective has been worked during July and August after the decision of the Ministry of Education to postpone a few days the start of the course.The councilor has informed that the cleaning measures in the schools and institutes will be extreme in order to guarantee the hygienic-sanitary conditions, by means of the extension of the contract for the interior cleaning service Adimul, SL; that will carry out work during the presence of the students from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m., plus the usual schedule in the afternoons for the following day.In this way, the dependencies and common spaces will be cleaned three times, with special emphasis on the toilets, corridors and handrails of stairs, doors and windows, among others.In addition, the hiring of full-time custodians will be increased to improve custodial services; and 80 plastic fences have been provided for an amount of 7,000 euros to limit the exits to courtyards during recess and facilitate access to educational centers.Agustín Gonzalo Martínez has added that both Local Police and Civil Protection will collaborate, on a rotating basis and to the extent of their possibilities, in facilitating entry and exit protocols to schools in order to avoid crowds and concentrations of people.Likewise, signage material and hydroalcoholic gels have been provided to educational centers; and the municipal agencies likely to contribute to compliance with the protocols have been made available to them, granting some spaces already requested.In this case, he cited the cases of the Road Education Park at the Reina Sofía School, the Los Conquistadores sports court at the Comarcal-Deitania school or the Sports Pavilion at the Tierno Galván school and the Juan de la Cierva IES.On the Municipal Infant School "Clara Campoamor" has announced its opening also from next Monday, with a total of 29 students at the moment, that is, almost 50% less than during the past year.The mayor wanted to send a message so that the population is "on alert" in the face of the existing epidemiological context, but also "of tranquility and confidence" that all measures have been adopted "always with the unpredictability that the pandemic entails in order to to guarantee security ”, he specified.Public sports facilitiesFinally, the mayor has referred to the sports protocols established between the Higher Sports Council and the autonomous communities for the beginning of training sessions and non-professional competitions, without the presence of the public, in order to start making use of the public sports facilities.Thus he has referred to the activity of non-professional teams in different sports activities, which in the case of this municipality, affect the Olímpico de Totana and the Capuchinos FS; as well as regional senior competitions for over 18 years, minors of this age and sports schools.Ultimately, it has appealed to the public to become aware of individual responsibility to comply with the recommendations of the health authorities in this situation.
