K. Bakoyannis: Students return to safe, fully equipped and adequately staffed school units

The first bell tomorrow for the new school year and a large operation of “sweeping” cleaning and disinfection in the city’s elementary, middle and high schools, has been carried out in the last few days by the Municipality of Athens. The priority is that the spaces that will host the students and teachers are clean, hygienically safe and fully equipped.

Special cleaning and disinfection crews took care of the classrooms and school spaces (toilets, desks, knobs, railings, doors and other surfaces) of a total of 389 educational units, placing at the same time antiseptic solutions, hand soaps, bleach and disinfectants, in absolutely sufficient quantities.

At the same time, 150 employees of the Cleaning Department, with the help of modern machines, operate around the perimeter of the schools, meticulously cleaning and disinfecting the entrances, as well as public spaces and crowded places, so that students and teachers are as safe as possible.

The mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, assures that the students return to safe, well-cared for, fully equipped and adequately staffed school units and adds: “Our effort for clean and above all safe schools never stops. This race is not a race, but a marathon, in which all the employees of the Municipality of Athens participate with passion and love, practically supporting the school community. As every year, this year we are ensuring that the children of our city will return to safe, caring, fully equipped and adequately staffed school units. In living ‘hives’ of learning and entertainment, where our children will form relationships, create new friendships and make their dreams come true.”

In the context of the overall planning of the Municipality of Athens for Lifelong Learning, a network of actions will be implemented with the aim of practical support for students and families belonging to vulnerable social groups.

In this direction, with the start of the new school year, the municipality will support students from needy and financially weak families, providing them with additional teaching support through the Social Tutoring Center which operates every day in the afternoon.

Finally, the Municipality of Athens offers, through the municipal clinics, the possibility for parents to schedule a series of medical examinations for their children completely free of charge.

Services provided free of charge for children up to 16 years of age are a pediatric examination, an eye examination (from 8 years of age and older) and a dental examination. For adolescents over 14 years of age, there is also the possibility of a cardiological examination, while for children up to 14 years of age, a referral from a pediatrician must be made. Parents who are interested can book an appointment on the following telephone numbers: 2103626587 (1st Multipurpose Center – Municipal Clinic – Kalfopouleio Health Center – all specialties), 2109239865 (2nd Multipurpose Center – Municipal Clinic of Neos Kosmou – all specialties), 2103427515 (3rd Municipal Clinic Petralonon-pediatrician and dentist) and 2108836200 (6th Multi-Dynamic Center – Municipal Clinic of Kypselis- all specialties).

– The Social Tutoring classes are held in the premises of the newly built building of the 41st Athens High School, at 11-13 Patmos Street and registrations are done electronically or in person at the Social Tutoring Secretariat, located on the 2nd floor of the school, from Monday to and on Friday from 15:00 to 21:00. Alternatively electronically by completing and sending the application together with the necessary supporting documents to the Social Care Center’s email address, email: [email protected].

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