They demand a new institute after 16 years of studies in barracks: works are delayed until 2031

The educational community and the neighborhood blocked the public road on a Saturday morning to demand a definitive solution to the precariousness of school facilities. Families, students, and teachers joined municipal representatives in a rally that called for the immediate construction of a new high school.

The mobilization responded to a sixteen-year historical debt with local students. The educational center has been operating for more than a decade and a half in provisional barracks that have housed 16 generations of students without offering dignified or stable conditions.

Sixteen generations study in barracks

The structural situation of the current building severely limits the reception capacity and compromises the quality of teaching. The lack of space prevents expanding the educational offering and poorly adapts resources to the growing needs of the student body.

The participants denounced the state of deterioration of the classrooms and the physical impossibility of integrating more students into the premises. This saturation generates daily tensions that affect both academic performance and the emotional well-being of those studying there.

The Volem l'Institut Ja! working group coordinated the day to make this institutional abandonment visible. This group brings together the educational community and the local council to articulate a joint response to administrative inaction.

The works will not begin until 2031

The educational administration maintains a roadmap that distances any tangible improvement in the short term. The official deadlines place the start of the works for the new center from the year 2031, a date that the organizers consider unacceptable given the urgency of the situation.

During the rally, attendees created banners and drafted letters addressed directly to the Departament d'Educació. The activity also included a collective brainstorming session to strengthen demands and seek citizen pressure alternatives.

The act combined political vindication with local cultural celebration. The presence of sardanas and the active participation of the Colla Gegantera gave the event a festive character that reinforced the associative fabric of the municipality.

Several social agents backed the call to demonstrate the cross-cutting nature of the problem. Entities such as Creixent Junts, the Isabel Solà Sociosanitary Association, and AFA Llar El Bressol joined the protest along with Amics de la Sardana, the Music School, and various AMPAs and AFAs.

The organizers described the institutional response as insufficient and warned that the anticipated wait will further aggravate the local educational crisis. The working group announced that it will not cease its activity until a firm commitment is obtained from the competent authorities.

Social pressure will remain active during the coming months with new protest actions. The objective remains unique and clear: to obtain a definitive solution that eliminates the barracks and guarantees a modern and functional high school for the students.