The Conselleria de Educación has begun the construction of the Number Sixteen school in Torrevieja, which will be the fourth educational institution in the city exclusively operating with prefabricated classrooms. Currently, over one thousand six hundred students study in such facilities at the Number Fourteen, Number Fifteen, and IES ‘Eras de la Sal’ Number Six schools. The capacity of the last mentioned school has doubled this academic year with the addition of eight more classrooms.

The new school will be located in the same area as the old Amanecer school, which operated for seventeen years until a couple of years ago in temporary structures. Councillor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, announced that the site will be ready for students in January, and those currently in provisional classrooms at the Number Fourteen and Fifteen schools will transfer to the new facility post-Christmas.

The Generalitat Valenciana has awarded a contract to Alquileres Barceló Sáez for the construction, leasing, and dismantling of the Number Sixteen school for a total cost of two million five hundred thousand euros, which includes VAT. This temporary centre will feature large dimensions and accommodate three classrooms per educational level. The monthly rent for this facility will exceed forty-three thousand euros.

The Conselleria de Educación is currently anticipating that these prefabricated modules will remain in place until at least the twenty twenty-seven and twenty-eight academic year, with potential extensions noted in the contract. Meanwhile, the Town Hall of Torrevieja is in the process of urbanising the land for the new school, with an estimated municipal investment of one hundred and sixty thousand euros on current projects, in addition to fourteen thousand euros allocated for preliminary planning.