On the weblog created for the exchange, the school writes: “We think it is terrible that things are going well. We hope that the pupils and teachers in Italy will stay healthy.”
Today, 37 pupils and 5 supervisors would leave the school in Assen for Santa Marinella and Cerveteri in the center of Italy. It would be the twelfth time that this exchange took place. But the coronavirus is throwing a spanner in the works. The students would speak with the mayors and stay with host families.
All exchanges will not take place
“We had talks with our Italian colleagues all weekend. On Saturday morning they said,” Please, it’s possible. We’ve prepared everything well. “But in the afternoon the vote changed. The Italian Ministry of Education decided to stop all exchanges, “says Ridderbos.
This morning at 9 am the teacher gave the students an explanation. The Italian schools would visit the Netherlands on 23 March. That exchange is also unlikely to take place. “We hope that the project can continue in May or June,” says the teacher.
The exchange would take place within the framework of the international Erasmus program. VMBO students aged 13 and 14 would do a project in Italy on how to handle plastic.
‘Check your children after the holidays’
RTL Nieuws reports that the Drenthe school umbrella organization Pricoh is concerned about children who have been on holiday in an area where the corona virus is prevalent. The message to the parents states that the school would like children to go to the doctor for a check-up before they go back to school. The RIVM informed RTL News in a reaction that this is not necessary.
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