Valencia city’s public universities, Politécnica and Universitat de València, suspended face-to-face classes this month, on December 15, until 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively, before declaring emergency level 2 due to the risk of flooding due to heavy storms. Classes will be delivered via telematics.
Furthermore, the Municipal Operative Coordination Center (Cecopal) of the Municipality of Valencia has agreed to regulate educational activity in 35 educational centers, affected by last year’s damage or located in flood zones, determined by the consistory in the Civil Protection protocol for orange alert situations for flooding. For the rest, the educational activity will take place normally.
As soon as Cecopal agreed, the coordination meeting was held this Sunday afternoon at the Emergency Coordination Center (CCE) in L’Eliana (Valencia), in which the organizations and agencies involved participated, to assess the situation in recent hours. During this meeting it was reported that the forecasts of the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet) predict that from 06:00 a.m. the red alert level may be reduced to orange on the north coast and the northern interior of the province of Valencia, while the south coast and the southern interior of Valencia will go directly to yellow.
This month, classes will be suspended in the pedestrian centers affected by the October 2024 dance: Nuestra Señora del Rosario-Trinitarias de Castellar-Oliveral, CEIP Forn d’Alcedo, CEIP Padre Manjón, Escola Privada de Música Santa Cecilia de Castellar-Oliveral, Escola Privada de Música C. Instr. Musical Castellar-Oliveral, IES Ravatxol, CEIP Castellar-Oliveral, Centro Privado Educación 1er cycle Sambori and Centro Privado FP CFFolgado de Faitanar. Complete the list on CEE Pub. Rosa Llácer, the Private Center. Ed. Inf. 1st. Cicle Formiguetes, the Sedajazz Private Music School, the Castellar-Oliveral Popular University Center, the Forn d’Alcedo Popular University Center, the La Torre Popular University Center and the Centro Ocupacional de La Torre. Also affected are centers located in flood-prone areas: CEIP Camí de l’Horta (Benimàmet-Beniferri), CEIP José Senent (Massarrojos), IES Isabel de Villena (València), CEIP Blasco Ibáñez (València), El Palmar Private Music School, Agrupación Musical Massarrojos Private Music School, Montessori from the Foreign Center of Valencia and the popular university centers of Poble Nou, Carpesa, Massarrojos and El Palmar. To all, information from El Saler and Pinedo will be shared, for them this month will not be a school day, but will remain open to students who wish to attend.
The University of Valencia has agreed to declare this month emergency level 2 from 00:01 to 15:00 and with it the suspension of in-person teaching activity on all its campuses and facilities. The rector of UV, Mavi Mestre, took this decision as proposed by the University Emergency Committee, meeting this afternoon, so that teaching activities take place online as much as possible.
Regarding external and clinical practices, the institution where it is developed will act in accordance with the instructions of the company or institution, even if it does not provide assistance and will not have academic repercussions for the student, informs the University. Concerning the rest of the activities (administrative, research, cultural and sporting), it is recommended to carry them out remotely or by teleworking.
However, UV buildings and facilities will remain open at usual hours and face-to-face activity will be authorized for tasks that require it due to their characteristics or the situation of the people who develop them.
The University Emergency Committee will monitor the situation and evaluate, before 10 a.m. this morning, the possibility of extending or modifying the alert levels depending on weather developments.
The Politècnica de València University (UPV) has suspended face-to-face classes and activities on the Vera and Gandia campuses in anticipation of the red flood alert which continues until 6 a.m. In this way, the activity in the morning, until 2:00 p.m., will be in mode online, According to the academic institution, he reported it on his social media profiles.
Thus, on the Vera and Gandia campuses, courses will be taken online, The possibility of teleworking for staff will be offered, all academic tests scheduled for the morning will be canceled, and staff and students who can travel safely will be able to come to campus.
However, the UPV clarified that its facilities would remain open after the red alert drops, normally at 6 a.m. each month, but noted that as long as the orange alert persists, outdoor activities will be canceled, as well as outdoor works. On the UPV campus in Alcoy (Alicante), teaching will be done this month face-to-face, with the possibility of online monitoring for those who have to travel from outside the city, from 2:00 p.m., according to current forecasts of lowering the warning, activity will be normal, until this situation is confirmed at 9:00 a.m. Monday.
This decision by the school board was adopted to avoid the movement of many students from outside the two urban centers who pass through flooded areas when traveling by road to these school centers, according to the Town Hall note. The centers affected by this measure are CEIP Luis Santangel (El Saler), IES El Saler, CEIP Pinedo, Escuela Infantil Municipal Pinedo and Universidad Popular Pinedo. On the other hand, the València City Hall will keep the three Social Centers for Emergency Social Assistance (CAES) open on Sunday evenings of each month and, once all the places are finished, it will also open the Benimaclet gym for non-technicians.
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