The Socialist Party of Torrevieja (PSOE) has denounced the continuing lack of classrooms for Year 11 pupils (4º ESO) at the Torrevigía Secondary School, leaving students without in-person lessons at the very start of this decisive academic year.
Spokesperson Bárbara Soler described the situation as “unacceptable”, stressing that pupils cannot afford to lose teaching time in such an important stage of their education.
Both the Department of Education and the Torrevieja Town Hall have argued that delays are due to the need to share resources with schools affected by the 2019 DANA storm. Soler countered this by pointing out that the Spanish Government has already allocated €16.6 billion for reconstruction, covering municipal and provincial infrastructure. “The Conselleria is only responsible for its own centres, and it should have taken action long ago,” she said.
Soler further criticised the stance of the Partido Popular at both local and regional level:
“On the one hand, they ask Madrid for more money, but on the other, they use their powers of self-government to forgive millions in taxes for energy companies, cut taxes for the wealthiest—which means losing hundreds of millions in revenue—and reject the cancellation of more than €11 billion of debt for the Valencian Community.”
The PSOE spokesperson also rejected claims that the teacher shortage is due to the high cost of renting in Torrevieja. Instead, she said, the real issue is overcrowding and poor working conditions in local schools: “Teachers don’t want to come here because the classrooms are completely overloaded and the conditions are not acceptable.”
Soler concluded that the absence of classrooms for Torrevigía students is the result of poor resource management and a complete lack of planning:
“The Generalitat has the money, but public education is simply not one of its priorities.”