The school week at Allen began with a foul at High School 71 and a sit-in outside the school to protest the lack of official responses due to the poisonings suffered by students and staff members. This situation began last week when fumigations were carried out by cockroaches at school.
Families from the institution gathered outside the school to hold a sit-in. Many students accompanied the claim with a mistake or they demonstrated with the parents.
Jessica Apablaza, mother of one of the students, contacted Río Negro newspaper from the demonstration. «The Council held directors, teachers and students responsible. “They say they threw something inside the school, they are trying to wash their hands,” he said.
The Ministry of Education’s responses to the poisonings in Allen
On June 5, a note was sent to the Minister of Education from Viedma detailing the procedure by which the establishment was fumigated, with details of the product and function. The note concludes that «no objections found for re-entry to the establishment regarding the product used, recommended aeration time and method of application»
That same day, those affected filed a police report at the sixth police station in Allen where they reported the situation and stated that from the Council of Education “At no time did he present any type of protocol in relation to fumigation«.
Maru Ruiz, assistant secretary of UnTER Allen, told Río Negro daily about the situation of the affected teachers. “They have a higher degree of exposure because they work morning, afternoon and night shifts. Furthermore, he added that: “They are discharged but they go back to school and break out and their tongue is itchy.
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