A school for evacuee children that was established near an electricity company substation in Tiberias/Eli Ashkenazi
"The school was built in an illogical location", so claim parents of the students of the new school in Tiberias, which was established for students who were evacuated from the conflict line settlements in the north.
The school was built next to a substation of an electricity company ("Tahamash Furia"), and even though some classes are in a vicinity that is below the safety limits, its construction was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The approval does not give rest and some parents are afraid of exposure to a magnetic field. "The sense of security Ours is now so low, we have no horizon and we are troubled by so many things.
Now this worry has also been added, it's frustrating.
I will not send my children there," said Dr. Marchi Adri-Malol, whose family was evacuated to Tiberias from the Upper Galilee.
According to her, in recent days more parents who were exposed to the location of the school said their children would not attend the new school.
After the evacuation from their homes, the evacuated students studied at the Kinneret Academic College located in Zemach, but when the academic school year began, a new solution was required for the hundreds of students.
It was decided to establish an educational Kiryat in a short period of time for the 900 students from Kiryat Shmona, Metula and the regional councils: Upper Galilee, the entrances of Hermon and Marom HaGalil.
The area located for this purpose is at the western entrance to Tiberias, near the Furia intersection.
23 million shekels were invested in the establishment of the Kiryat Hachinun and the complex was built within a month and a half.
Two weeks ago, the educational building was inaugurated where 36 buildings and 14 MMD classrooms were placed.
"We are troubled by so many things. Now this worry has also been added."
A school for evacuee children that was established near an electricity company substation in Tiberias/Eli Ashkenazi
A school for evacuee children that was established near an electricity company substation in Tiberias/Eli Ashkenazi
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However, next to the new Kiryat Yehuchanim there is a substation of the electric company.
Due to the proximity of the classrooms to the power station, the Ministry of Environmental Protection was asked to conduct an on-site magnetic field measurement in the field of power grid frequencies.
According to the test findings, the levels of exposure to a magnetic field measured in the area planned for the construction of the school are lower than the Ministry of Environmental Protection's recommendation for maximum exposure, "already 5 meters north of the substation, the radiation exposure levels meet the Ministry's recommendations," the test report states.
However, the examiner saw fit to point out that "according to the non-ionizing radiation law that came into effect in 2006, the minimum distance between electrical stations and public buildings was determined to be 35 meters. The station next to the school operates under a permit for electrical installations that were established before the law came into effect, and the distance between The school is 25 meters. The radiation exposure levels at the school, as mentioned, are lower than the ministry's recommendations for maximum exposure," he stated.
"In light of this and due to the urgency, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has no objection to the establishment of the temporary school for evacuees for a period of several months."
The minimum distance between power stations and public buildings is determined to be 35 meters.
A school for evacuee children that was established near an electricity company substation in Tiberias/Eli Ashkenazi
A school for evacuee children that was established near an electricity company substation in Tiberias/Eli Ashkenazi
"This report is definitely not reassuring, everyone sees with their own eyes the proximity between the power station and the classrooms. It is such an obvious danger that it cannot be ignored," said Adri-Malul.
"The precautionary principle is binding in this case, it is incomprehensible how we built classrooms adjacent to a substation of the electrical network."
She stated that "the evacuees are in a difficult situation, many problems are troubling the families and we were not free to deal with this problem. Now, when we see the problem with our eyes, many of us will not send our children to study there."
Adri-Malol has three children and the two young ones will not go to school in the new Kiryat Hakunin.
According to her, her eldest son is a 12th grade student who must take the matriculation exams at the end of the school year. "We are faced with difficult decisions regarding him," she said. One is not doing us a favor.
We will not put our children in danger."
The North District of the Ministry of Education stated: "Due to the importance of the issue, two tests were conducted at different times throughout the day, one by an expert from the Ministry of Education and one by the Ministry of the Environment - both tests were found to be normal and therefore there is no objection That the students will learn in this building and there is no danger to their health."
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