Priority of the Ministry of Education: New Prefabricated Classrooms in Torrevieja
The Ministry of Education has identified as one of its main priorities the installation of a delegated section of the IES Torrevigía in prefabricated classrooms to meet the growing demand for Secondary School places in Torrevieja.
This new section will be located in a municipal plot between the Avenida de Los Nenúfares and the streets of Las Dalias and Las Margaritas in Torreta II. This land has already been used previously for other temporary educational centers, such as the Acequión school and Las Culturas, while their permanent buildings were being built.
The site already has basic infrastructures for connecting lighting and other services such as water supply and sanitation. However, the City Council will have to make additional investments to adapt the land before starting the assembly works.
Characteristics of the Project
The plot, located in front of the Amanecer School, will be distributed over two floors to maximize the use of outdoor space, although this may generate accessibility problems. The municipal land has more than 7,800 square meters, enough to house a center with about 360 students, although initially no baccalaureate will be offered.
According to the current planning, the ground floor will house common facilities such as library, laboratories, technology and plastic classrooms, changing rooms, toilets, offices and teachers' lounge. The upper floor will have twelve classrooms.
The Associations of Parents of Students have indicated that the current project includes a prefabricated center on the ground floor.
Current Use of the Solar
Currently, the plot is used to store Acciona containers and has a couple of deteriorated sports courts. The project will preserve the headquarters of the scouts of Torrevieja, located in one of the sectors of the land.
Current Status of the Delegated Section
Currently, the IES Torrevigía delegate section is located at the International Conservatory of Torrevieja, which has many small classrooms. This building also houses the UNED Elche delegate headquarters in Torrevieja. Although it does not yet have the twelve classrooms needed to become an independent HEI, plans are being made for this to happen soon.
Need for New Places in Early Childhood and Primary Education
Torrevieja also needs more Early Childhood and Primary Education places. School Number 14, inaugurated last academic year in prefabricated classrooms, is already full. The Ministry of Education and the City Council are considering using the prefabricated classrooms of the Inmaculada School and a section of School Number 14 as the future School Number 15.
The success of this solution depends on the students of the Inmaculada School being able to move to their new location in September or October. Although the works are advanced, there is still work to be done during the summer.
Delay in the Works of the Immaculate College
The execution of the Inmaculada School was delayed three months after the award at the beginning of 2023 to ensure accessibility to one of the main polling stations in Torrevieja during the municipal elections in May of that year.