(by Francesco Matera) Stefano Bonaccini, president of Emilia-Romagna and of the Conference of Regions: "If no action is taken by clarifying the limits of capacity, there is a risk of chaos on local transport". "We urged the executive to jointly assume responsibility for a shared decision that would allow the full functionality of public transport ”.
The State-Regions conference on school has registered a stalemate. Confusion reigns supreme, everyone wants to have their say, everyone is waiting for decisions that to date it is not yet understood who should take them. The government has promised that the indications will be the same for all regions, rejecting the accusations of delegating choices to them, as happened in the recent past (opening nightclubs). One of the nodes is the timing for the swab procedures, in this regard the Istituto Superiore della Sanità should give directions to the various local ASL even if there is a wall against wall with the governors.
In addition to the supply of the counters and their delivery, it has been discovered that there is a much more serious problem, transport. How to reconcile the need for school transport with the safety rules imposed by CoViD-19? The Scientific Technical Committee of the Ministry of Health took care of it which made the rules for distancing on local transport less rigid. What does it mean? To go to school, can we derogate from the much-heralded social distancing, seriously endangering the health of our children? On all means, such as trains, ferries and airplanes, it is necessary to keep the distance, on school buses are you more flexible? But what game are we playing at.
Almost all the governors reacted with disappointment to the situation which became truly surreal about 20 days after the opening of the schools. Luca Zaia and Giovanni Toti ask to be able to make the buses travel at normal capacity, without the reductions imposed in recent months. The Minister of Transport Paola De Micheli spoke directly about the request to increase the number of passengers and students on the buses, having argued on the subject with her colleague from Health, Roberto Speranza: "There is no confrontation in the government ”.
Not to mention the use of masks during school hours, the debate is still open and it is not possible to find the square between the CTS, sociologists and the world of politics.
The Corriere della Sera highlights another problem no less important, the question of the staff of teachers. The Councilor for Education of Tuscany, Cristina Grieco, asked for an account of the real numbers of entries in the role. It is true that the Mef has authorized almost 85 new hires but the unions foresee a hole in the water due to a lack of candidates, as has already happened in 2019. The assignments of the chairs ended yesterday, today the uncovered positions will be published they could be assigned with a “quick call” to those who are willing to move to one of the regions where there is more need. But with the health emergency in the middle, how many will be ready to pack their bags for the Center North? The government has promised to send Covid teachers and collaborators hired only for this year to schools: but when the second tranche of reinforcements will arrive it is not clear.