From Escuela Nueva to CEIP Climent Serra i Servera, 50 years of public and inclusive education in Porreres
The Porreras educational center celebrates half a century of history with activities that vindicate the model of public, inclusive school rooted in the municipality
PorrerasIn 1976, Porreres took a key step in education. That academic year, the doors opened to a center that was born with the name Colegio Nacional Mixto. It was a school that responded to demographic growth and the need for new facilities in the municipality. This year, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, the currently named CEIP Climent Serra i Servera blows out the candles, consolidated as a benchmark for public, inclusive, and diverse education in Porreres and in the Pla de Mallorca.
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generacions of Porreres residents will remember the center as Escola Nova, a denomination it adopted in June 1985, referring to the popular name by which it had been known for years. The school has undergone a profound transformation over the years. In fact, it has grown and adapted to the reality and needs of the municipality.
On September 27, 2021, in the plenary session of the Porreres City Council, the name change to CEIP Climent Serra i Servera was approved, in honor of the stonemason teacher who began the works of the center in 1936 and who was murdered the same year in Son Coletes de Manacor during the Francoist repression. The works did not conclude until 40 years later. The name change was made official in 2022.
To commemorate the half-century, the center has prepared a series of events and activities. In this way, everything referring to the celebration, publications, and other initiatives will clearly show the anniversary with the commemorative logo designed by the Porreres-based creative and former student of the center Miquel Morlà. The mention of the anniversary is already present in all communications from CEIP Climent Serra i Servera, which faces the future with the challenge of continuing to be an open and inclusive school.
The opening of the center -explain CEIP sources- was a key step in the progress of public education and, with it, also of the municipality. “The infrastructures that existed then were not of quality. Although there was a public school in Porreres, there were no adequate infrastructures. The children enrolled in this school went to different buildings that were rented,” they explain.
In the course of these 50 years, the center has had as many as 11 directors: Tomeu Llinàs, Toni Barceló, Tomeu Barceló, Bernat Ribas, Blanca Rueda, Tomeu Gil, Margalida Mora, Xesca Servera, Catalina Capellà, Maria Antònia Rigo i Tomeu Barceló.
Since its inauguration, the school has undergone three renovations or extensions. These were in the years 1984, 2006, and the last one in 2021.
These interventions have been important and have run parallel to the population increase of Porreres and also to the diversity of the town, a plurality that has been reflected in the school. Not in vain, and as an example, the AFA has been organizing a Coexistence Day for some years, and in the last one, in addition to Mallorca, there was participation from countries such as Colombia, Morocco, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Italy, Paraguay, Germany, and Romania.The school has organized a series of events and activities, with the main program taking place on April 23, 24, and 25. They have extended an invitation to participate to those who during these 50 years “have contributed, with their dedication, commitment, and affection, to making the educational project we share today grow”.
Thus, on April 23
at 7:00 PM in the Municipal Auditorium, a round table of school directors will take place.
The following day, April 24, at 6:00 PM at the school, the municipal library of the center will be named after Margalida Blanch Bauçà, wife of the aforementioned Climent Serra i Servera. Following this, there will be a colloquium on historical memory with the participation of historian Tomeu Garí; Laura Bosch, a psychologist specializing in historical memory; representatives from Dones Feministes, and Catalina Moragues, a lawyer specializing in the subject.
Finally, on
April 25 at 11:00 AM, an exhibition of photos, timelines, audiovisuals, old materials, a commemorative mural, and a photocall will be inaugurated. Additionally, there will be a musical performance by Tallats de Lluna (12:00 PM) and it will conclude with a fellowship meal in the schoolyard.