Around 160 students have started the school year in the second Secondary School of Calpe, provisionally located in the Casa de Cultura. This is the start of this second centre, which has been so long awaited until its facilities are built in the Gargasindi area.
It has a total of nine groups: five of 1st ESO, two of 2nd ESO, one of 3rd ESO and one of 4th ESO. For this purpose, 11 classrooms have been set aside in the Casa de Cultura as well as two offices (one for the management team and the other for the guidance counsellor), in addition to two storage rooms. And this new centre will be staffed by 26 teachers as well as an English conversation assistant.
The second school already has all the necessary furniture and all that remains to be done is the installation of the fencing at the entrance, an aspect that is in the process of being managed. In the meantime, a registration system has been implemented which will allow the control of the entrance and exit of the students, guaranteeing security and order in the access to the centre. The City Council has also installed Wi-Fi connection in these premises, which has meant an investment of 4,000 euros.
For the first time in recent years, the opening of this second secondary school means that the Baccalaureate courses will once again be taught in the morning at IES Ifac, which started classes today with a total of 1,129 students, 950 of whom will attend the school in the mornings. In the afternoons, this centre offers Vocational Training courses - 1st and 2nd of Gardening and Floristry in both basic and intermediate levels, 1st and 2nd of Administrative Services in the three levels of basic, intermediate and higher and for the first time this year 1st of the basic level and 1st of the intermediate level of Computer Science.
This year, IES Ifac celebrates its 25th anniversary and for this reason, the City Council plans to organise a series of activities and events throughout the year, in collaboration with the centre, to celebrate this achievement and recognise the trajectory of this centre.
On the other hand, the rest of the schools have also started the school year: the Silene de Ifac nursery school, the Azorín, Gabriel Miró, Oltà and Mediterrani primary schools, as well as the Gargasindi Special Education Centre. The Town Council has carried out a number of improvements to these infrastructures: new toilets in the Oltà nursery school and repairs to the porch of the Gabriel Miró school.