In Bologna all middle schools open in the afternoon from 2025. "Today they close at 2pm, next school year they will close at 5pm", explains school councilor Daniele Ara.
It is one of the 10 activities of "Radically Adolescents", the document presented to the Comprehensive 12 institute (where the afternoon opening was tested) The objective is to prevent dropping out of school, engaging kids, involving them, making them feel passionate about life, about their community, about the things that happen in the world.