On June 11, the XXX Small Schools will be held in the Basin. The party. The party. This holiday every year signals that Little Schools are alive and necessary to keep small towns and neighborhoods alive. Whoever goes for the first time will be aware that this is a party that is child-friendly, that takes place without much massification and in a relaxed atmosphere, where the Basque language prevails and where the party takes over all kinds of consumption. Here are some things to enjoy on Sunday:

Here’s the video they made calling Sunday’s party:

The school in the basin: Road hazards and residences in precarious circumstances

They have had a school in the Basin since 1910. They currently have 61 students and the number of inhabitants and children in the neighborhood is increasing. The Sakulupe Parents’ Association calls for a new school to study on the grounds of security problems and dignified conditions. In fact, they currently teach in five buildings distributed throughout the Cuenca neighborhood. There is a distance of 200 meters between the residences and the children walk there. The neighborhood of El Arroa is crossed by the N634 road, which has 5 exits through the neighborhood. Therefore, Miriam Aizpuru explained that they are living in a situation of great risk on Euskadi Radio: "Every day, 2-year-olds have to cross the main road to go to the psychomotor room or the dining room. They walk through the neighborhood, and from the playgrounds to the N634 road there are only 30 meters. There is also a lot of tension in the teachers, there is no school area, and it is not like in the past, when there were few children and they were controlled. There are more and more children and almost every child needs a manager. It happened to us that the child crossed the road at the time of dining or at the time of play. There are also children who have crossed the N634 road. The parents are a great concern and impotence of the teachers, we are asking for help. At the lake they recognized that the situation is dangerous and that action must be taken." He explains that in the face of this situation, the Department of Education has placed more teachers for a few hours so that the teachers do not only make displacements, "but it is not enough, that is to put patches". "The risk is what worries us the most, but in addition to that, we also have every building in a very precarious situation. They do not comply with the current security legislation, neither against fires nor in terms of accessibility, in terms of hygienic conditions of the bathrooms in some places... they are very outdated residences. The ones that put us last are the prefabricated ones."

Project approved but work delayed

What they are asking for is a building that will house all the students and where all the activities (gym, dining room...) will take place. "The project has been completed, the area it will cover has also been defined and has been approved by the City Council of Zestoa. You will go in the field from the industrial zone to the neighborhood. Our goal is, to say the least, that children will have a new school in the 2018-2019 school year." A lot of follow-up work is being done to reach this deadline, both with the City Council of Zestoa and with the Department of Education, so that it is not delayed. To arrive within this deadline, the idea was to have the work started for the Sunday party, but unfortunately, it will not be.

Here is the Arroyo school blog.