Riga City Council starts playing school Tetris – merging, moving and hoping nobody notices
The capital has unveiled a new sport discipline: school merging in 'whatever goes with whatever' style. The result – one school in three buildings and preschools with names like birthday parties.
Another noble education revolution has taken place in Riga City Council. Deputies have decided that the best way to improve education is to connect schools like building blocks. The result – a fantastic school mosaic where one institution operates in three buildings, and children can feel like travelers between continents.
The preschool reorganization looks particularly impressive. 'Little Daisies' is being added to 'Little Pebble', 'Little Bluebird' to 'Little Amber', and 'Little Cranberry' is merged with some other one. Sounds like a botanical garden crossbreeding experiment. Local parents are already starting to learn map navigation – today the child is at 'Little Pebble', tomorrow at 'Little Daisies', but sports class is somewhere in the third building.
It's especially amusing that 2,328 free spots in preschools are apparently too many for Riga. While in Liepāja parents are ready to fight for every kindergarten spot, Riga residents complain about empty groups. 'Well, we also have spots over in Karosta,' comments Jānis from Liepāja, 'but we don't start merging kindergartens with tram depots.'
The best part is the school name selection. 'Grīziņkalns', 'Little Buds', 'Ziepniekkalns' – sounds like a new birthday party café chain. All that's left is to wait for 'Bubble', 'Ice Cream' and 'Waffle House' to appear in Riga. But the main thing is that administrative management will be unified – at least there'll be one winner in this chaos.
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