Neo-fascist attacks. But also unusable gymnasium and infiltrations in ceilings and pillars. These are just some of the reasons - explained in a press release - which led the students of the Siotto classical high school to occupy the institute.
The protest started after recess. «Not against the school but for the school» explains the student representation of the viale Trento high school made up of Fabio Argiolas, Niccolò Dessì, Margherita Mereu and Federico Zanda. "A student occupation - the students add - to raise awareness of the public opinion on the structural situation of Italian schools and on the non-compliance by regional policy with respect to one's duties".
No charges against the institution's management . «She has always been committed - the young people explain - to the extent possible to try to solve these problems. The normal course of lessons will neither be affected nor prevented, since it is not an authoritarian regime, participation is voluntary: the decision, moreover, comes from the demonstration of the students to claim our spaces, the freedom to take advantage of the right to study and to have freedom to externalize what we are, even though ours is already very inclusive as an institution".
Building problem: «For years our structure has been affected by cuts in education , for example the unavailability of our gym, caused by the presence of benches and chairs not belonging to our institute, the structural condition of the ceilings and pillars affected by infiltrations . This action of ours is the last resort, as for years the administration of our institute has tried, in vain, to establish a dialogue with the former province».
And then the latest episodes: «As if that weren't enough, for about three weeks, the institute has been the victim of attacks by previously denounced neo-fascist groups , who have smeared our school with posters and banners guilty of apology to fascism. Among other things, we have found, without falling into the easy rhetoric of associating the fact with politics, that with the presence of the new state government, this type of association feels again entitled to reveal itself and to harass those who have opinions different from theirs and from our constitution , as a result of this we feel we can claim the right values that our institute has always pursued». And again: «We contest the 2019 reform concerning the execution of the state oral test unsuitable for a post-covid school. Finally we hope that the occupation of the school is a clear message of help to the institutions that manage the apparatus.
(Unioneonline/vl)
