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To talk today about
building an educational facility is like talking about the twelfth of never
because the intentions of the government have shown repeatedly that no one
will ever assume any responsibility, or at least apologize for the inability
of the state government to cover one such important need.
Instead, they dare
propose – as with the schools which are housed on the old base – that they
be moved elsewhere if any investor judges that they hinder his earning
capabilities. And, agreements are signed in the night to substantiate it.
For those who still hope
that the state government will move to correct such improprieties, I shall
simply bring to mind the longwinded efforts of the Kokkini Hani
Grammar School to attain a
facility large enough to include all three annexes.
In 2001, The Parent and
Guardian Association began discussions about building a grammar school in
Kokkini large enough to facilitate the ever-increasing number of students.
Let’s recap the series
of actions which to-day remain unjustly ineffectual.
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November, 2002, a
plot is donated by the Gouves Demos, and the checking for its suitability
begins by the Iraklion Prefecture,
Forestry etc.
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March,
2004, the school project is enrolled by decision of parliament.
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July, 2004, the Iraklion Prefecture
asks for the suitability file (topographical diagram with all the specs) to
be readied in regard to the anticipated building site.
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November, 2004, the
Forestry reports that the area outside the city limits in Kokkini is
characterized as an AREA TO CULTIVATE GRASS.
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Next, the Prefecture
comes to do the topographical; the vice-mayor suggests they use any means to
help the school, but the square meters are now less than the original
topographical and we have a new obstacle.
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January, 2005, we
appeal the Forestry’s characterization and await the results.
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March, 2006, the
approval and definition from qualified experts is issued to change the terms
for this particular school building and the case is given to Mrs. Bitsaraki,
WHO DOES NOTHING.
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In summer, 2006 the
then president of the Parents Association Mr. Dimitris Mattheakis, and the
now president, Monique Hatzaki, visit the substitute director and general
manager of programming and development for the School Building Organization,
Mr. Kalogirou, to ask for the hastening of the project.
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·
In January, 2007
another engineer from the School Building Organization, Mr. Karithakis,
visits to autopsy the plot where the school is to be built.
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In April, 2007, Mrs.
Hatzaki travels to Athens to meet with Mr.
Karithaki, who turned in a pre-study which went through the inspection
committee in May.
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In August, 2007, we
are notified that our project has stopped there and has now been inducted in
Σ.Δ.Ι.Τ.
– co-operative works of public and private sectors.
This project is
now in danger of being invalidated and cancelled with unforeseen
consequences for the local communities, and the general climate is acute.
However the local government supports the project’s disassociation from
Σ.Δ.Ι.Τ.
and the completion of the study directly by the School Buildings
Association.
And we wait…
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