"The occupation exposes students to possible crimes, also linked to damage to public property",
which schools "are required to report. It is necessary to evaluate the application of the disciplinary measures provided for by the Regulations of each institution" and it is necessary "to estimate the extent of the damage caused by any acts of vandalism, considering that too often the entire community and not the perpetrators are responsible. The students responsible will have to pay the costs for extraordinary cleaning and for the restoration of furnishings, PCs and any other equipment owned by the school".
The Ministry of High School Education writes it.
"Also in this school year, some schools were the scene of occupation by groups of students who prevented the regular carrying out of lessons for considerable periods, damaging the constitutional right to study of the majority of students who did not participate in the occupations and causing , in many cases, substantial damage to both fixed and mobile furnishings, laboratory equipment and structures", we read in the circular from the head of the department of the Ministry of Education, Carmela Palumbo.
"Many school managers have implemented, from the beginning, all possible strategies to deal with these situations, showing a willingness to dialogue and listen and proposing alternatives such as assembly or co-management. Not always, however, the desired result was achieved, sometimes also due to the presence during the occupations of subjects external to the schools", continues Palumbo who "in this moment, in which it is necessary to face the consequences of what happened", considers it "fundamental remember that the occupation exposes students to possible crimes, also linked to damage to public goods", which school managers "are required to report", continues the head of the Mim department.
"It is also necessary to evaluate the application of the disciplinary measures provided for by the internal regulations of each institute, taking into account the methods of the occupations which in the most serious cases have even prevented access to the school director and secretarial staff, causing not only the interruption of teaching activities, but also preventing the regular carrying out of administrative functions", concludes the circular.
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