Family Associations (AFA) of nine Madrid educational centers launch the "school revolt" this Friday in the capital, a movement born in Barcelona that claims school environments with fewer cars, safer, less pollution and less noise. The initiative consists of converting streets adjacent to schools into a safe playground for children, cutting off traffic at the end of classes, repeating every two weeks on Fridays as long as there are no "substantial and widespread changes". The nine Madrid schools that Joining the 'school revolt' are Asunción Ricón, Rufino Blanco and Fernando el Católico, in the
Family Associations (AFA) of nine Madrid educational centers launch the "school revolt" this Friday in the capital, a movement born in Barcelona that claims school environments with fewer cars, safer, less pollution and less noise. The initiative consists of converting streets adjacent to schools into a safe playground for children, cutting off traffic at the end of classes, repeating every two weeks on Fridays as long as there are no "substantial and widespread changes". The nine Madrid schools that Joining the 'school revolt' are Asunción Ricón, Rufino Blanco and Fernando el Católico, in the Chamberí district; Palacio Valdés, in the Centro district; Menéndez Pelayo and Miguel de Unamuno, in the district of Arganzuela; Juan Zaragüeta, in the district of Hortaleza, and Lope de Vega, in the district of Carabanchel. In the words of a representative of the AFA of Menéndez Pelayo, Corita Guisado, the aim of the revolt is to achieve school environments "where children can move freely, safely and autonomously," as he explained. In his opinion, "it is very evident" that the district of Arganzuela, where this school is located, in the vicinity of the Atocha Station, "does not have an urban design that is prioritizing the movement of pedestrians over the movement of pedestrians. vehicles ", and" within this urban design the right to play of children is not even contemplated ". "Children cannot play on the sidewalks, most of them are very narrow," he pointed out, referring to the district of Arganzuela, which also considers that "it is very neglected, in terms of maintenance and cleaning," because " the sidewalks that surround the school are always full of urine, dog excrement and garbage bags that are not finished being picked up. " In addition, he stressed that not only is it not safe to let children play freely on the sidewalks, but "not even to leave school relaxed", because "less than two meters are passing cars." On the other hand, there is the "continuous noise
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