The go-ahead on the guidelines for returning to school in September will arrive between Wednesday and Thursday. Immediately afterwards the regional tables will start working together with the schools. In the meantime, the exchange of data and documentation has continued between the Ministry, Regions and local authorities.
"We await the text from the ministry - explains Cristina Grieco, coordinator of the Education Commission of the Conference of the Regions to ANSA - we will examine it and in the extraordinary conference that will probably be held Thursday we will give the opinion. Our intention is to find an agreement".
At that time, the date of return to school will also be decided, which will most likely be September 14th. "It is the most welcome date for everyone even if there are contrary voices. We will however ask for as little inconvenience as possible in schools where there will be elections. It would be important to find other seats for the polling stations, also for the future. Collaboration is maximum, the game is very important. "
THE REGIONS . "This week will really be crucial: we don't want any opposition; compared to the school we have to work together to give certainties on how to start again, the spirit is this and it was never our intention to enter into a collision course but if anything we want to work with a constructive spirit". So Cristina Grieco, coordinator of the Education in Conference of the Regions commission. The Regions have made some proposals regarding the recovery in September "I believe the Ministry of Education is waiting for a further passage with the Technical Scientific Committee that must endorse the lines", continues Grieco who explains: "it is urgent to let people know when and how it starts again in September ". At the same time, the Regions on Thursday first in the Conference of the Regions then in the State-Regions will agree on the starting date of the school that Minister Azzolina in recent days has proposed to start on September 14th. " For my region, Tuscany, it's okay - explains Grieco - we had already established the school calendar and the resumption on September 15th; it's also okay for most presidents even if there is some contrary voice, worried above all by the idea of having to start lessons and then stop them because of regional elections. " Regarding the distancing, on the basis of the indications of the CTS the Regions have proposed to give an objective parameter for the distancing of the pupils that could be of help to the principals and local administrators: from a generic linear meter of distance the Regions propose a surface equal to 1.8 square meters, to identify critical situations quickly; they propose, among other things, the use of masks only for travel, not when children sit in class.
THE PRINCIPLES - In at least 40% of the classrooms it is practically impossible to keep a distance of one meter between the desks: also for this reason it is urgent to know the guidelines to understand what to do for September, the wait cannot be postponed. To say to ANSA is Antonello Giannelli, president of the national association principals. "According to our calculations, in a relevant percentage of the classes, distancing is not materially possible due to the size of the classrooms and the number of students. What do we do then in these cases? This is the main question to which the guidelines should answer", concludes Giannelli.