A new fight between students that took place this Wednesday, March 8, in the courtyard of the IES Luis Diego Cuscoy, in Cabo Blanco, has made it necessary to reinforce surveillance at the exit of this educational center in Arona to try to put a stop to some acts of violence that already made headlines with another massive fight in November 2022. According to RTVC reports, in the middle of the school day, a group of students began to fight in the courtyard, which forced the intervention of several teacherswho were involved in this altercation.
The police presence, with patrols from the Local police and of the Civil Guard, has been reinforced both in the hours of entry and exit from the center. However, this latest incident could not be avoided, since it occurred inside the educational facilities.
He Arona Town Hall regrets the facts and has asked the Department of Education of the Government of the Canary Islands to take “urgent measures”. From the Government of Aronero it is pointed out that “once the events of this Wednesday occurred, which were preceded by other similar ones at the end of last year, The Consistory considers it urgent to plan for the future, for which reason a meeting of the counselor herself with the directors of the centers has been requested to address the roadmap that responds to the growth in educational pressure. The person in charge of Education was willing to hold this meeting in the coming weeks.
The Arona Local Police He had already watched the entrance and exit of the Luis Diego Cuscoy Institute of Cabo Blanco from Monday to ensure safety and avoid fights. However, and because there is no police presence within the dependencies, it was there that the conflict ended up taking place. Today it was the Civil Guard that was in charge of guarding the exterior of the center, “since inside the competence is exclusive to Education,” according to municipal sources.
He aronero consistory warns that “vigilance will be maintained in the area to avoid similar events, although the adoption of structural measures is considered urgent.” One of these measures is, in the opinion of the Government of Jose Julian Mena, the construction of three institutes and the extension of another educational center to put an end to an overcrowding that also produces these problems of coexistence. At the beginning of November 2022, outside this institute there was a massive fight in which some twenty students participated. Those images were recorded with mobile phones and disseminated through numerous media outlets. Since then, the police have regularly monitored the surroundings of this institute in the South.
