Today they will remain closed. schools And kindergartens (the work of which is decided by the municipalities) several regions of Attica where it is estimated that there are problems due to bad weather or worsening weather is expected. In areas where schools will not operate, public markets will also remain closed. In the rest of the municipalities that do not face particular problems, as decided at the meeting held yesterday in Region Atticaschools will operate as normal.

Yesterday, on the first day of the storm, all 66 municipalities in Attica chose to implement a horizontal distance learning measure, putting thousands of primary and secondary school students in front of screens to protect themselves from the snow, and outside the window, under the rays of the bright sun, meager snow melted. Particularly in the southern suburbs, “there was no reason to close schools,” say residents who once again struggled to find a home-schooling solution while having to work themselves.

“Security issue”

Several mayors disagreed with the widespread closure of schools and kindergartens, but in the end the decision was unanimous.

“Some municipalities said they could work yesterday (Monday) after some time. But this is a matter of public safety. We wanted it to be a clear signal,” emphasizes Vassilis Kokkalis, Deputy Governor for Civil Protection of the Attic Region. This was reported by sources “K”. that during a meeting held last Sunday to decide what will be done with the work of schools, several mayors objected to the decision to close schools across the board, as well as kindergartens in the Attica region yesterday Monday. However, in the end… fear took over and it was decided to conduct distance courses for everyone. As a representative of the self-government pointed out at the mentioned rally, “either we all close, or none of us. Then we will start talking about why they, and not us, will react.” One of the main reasons for the non-functioning of schools was also the questionable attendance of teachers who had to move to the schools. “Who will ultimately bear the costs of diversification? What to do if an accident occurs? Let’s do it better” explains the mayor of the southern suburbs in “K”. Thus, the Sunday decision to close all schools in Attica, as well as kindergartens, was unanimous. “It is known that it is impossible to immediately clear the school yards. When there are no traffic jams, everything works better,” admits a local government official. However, sources close to the Attica region already leaked on Saturday that schools “not in all municipalities will be open on Monday.”

Parents

As for parents, they once again found themselves at a dead end with children who not only did not go to school, but also had to take classes online. “I’ve decided that I won’t be taking Webex classes with my kids. However, at the last moment, a message came that the teacher was also on vacation, and so I got out of the dilemma.” reports Evita Kusunis in “K”. from Holargos, who has two children in the 3rd grade. She herself works as a translator at home, so theoretically she can leave the children. “Working from home doesn’t mean I don’t have specific things to do at specific times. There is no parental support system in Greece, it is common knowledge,” he notes. And he adds: “Of course, I would not want children to go to school and be exposed to even the slightest danger. But they could leave after 11.00. But, of course, teachers’ schedules don’t change, so there is no solution,” he emphasizes.

OUR Xeni Konstantinou, a medical consultant, has two children aged 8 and 11. She lives in the southern suburbs, and yesterday she especially had to leave home for some time for health reasons. “It can’t be that every time it rains or snows heavily, nothing works. How will a working parent cope? Every time we act under the power of fear. But there must be logic in the decisions. We can only pray that there is no rain, that there is no snow, that the wind does not blow, so that our life can continue normally.”