CEIP La Laguna Restores Third Fourth-Grade Class After Family Complaints

Families at CEIP La Laguna in Sariñena, Huesca, have been demanding the opening of a third fourth-grade class since the start of the school year. The grade currently has 49 students. They argued that the students had been divided into three classes in third grade, meaning that increasing class sizes could affect the attention provided to students. The Government of Aragón, for its part, said that an “additional allocation” was granted last school year, allowing the school to effectively split the class, although the Department’s management system (GIR) “officially showed two groups at all times.” When planning the current fourth-grade school year, “the initial planning began with the two classes registered in the GIR,” it stressed. However, the government said that although 49 students would not normally warrant opening a new class, the Department’s organisational criteria establish that “it is also not appropriate to close a unit that had already been operating in practice.” Accordingly, to resolve the discrepancy and align the administrative situation with the school’s reality, it has ordered the formal opening of a third fourth-grade class and the allocation of an additional teacher. With this decision, the Department intends to regularise the class that was officially “hidden.” After reviewing all the data with the Huesca Education Inspectorate, it certified that the class in question “did not appear in the official records.” The decision, therefore, is to “legalise the situation, meaning that these students, who had been attending school in three classes, will have that right respected, which we understand to have been acquired.” This resolves the discrepancy between the practice carried out at the school and the administrative reality during the 2026/27 school year and until this group reaches sixth grade.