The faculty of Alfons Costafreda High School in Tàrrega yesterday voted against the Generalitat's initiative that foresees the presence of plainclothes Mossos d'Esquadra officers in secondary schools. This decision, supported by two-thirds of the teaching staff, has been formally communicated to the Department of Education, requesting to be excluded from the project.
This stance is in addition to that of another center in l'Hospitalet, which has also expressed its rejection of the measure. Conversely, a high school in Baix Llobregat has requested to join the trial, reducing the total number of participants from 14 to 13. In the Lleida region, centers in Tàrrega, Agramunt, Bellpuig, and Vielha, as well as a center in Les, continue to be part of the initiative.
“"We do not want to enter into this conflict, because although we do not have security problems, no one on the faculty has spoken out against it. We must collaborate and the measure will have been worthwhile if even one incident affecting the educational community is avoided."
In parallel, the teaching staff of three high schools in Vic would also have unanimously rejected the measure, and a fourth center plans to vote on it next week, according to union information. The majority education union in Catalonia, Ustec-Stes, has indicated that four high schools have already rejected the initiative.
The Department of Education has defended the plan, arguing that it seeks to foster coexistence and provide tools for management teams and educational staff. From the entity Desmilitaritzem l'Educació, it has been denounced that the pilot program stigmatizes public education, as it is not applied to subsidized private schools, and the initiative has been described as “unpresentable”.
