Anyone who criticizes the expense should think about their own business…” The comment is by Giuseppe Paolini and the theme is that of the two million and 680 thousand euros, Pnrr funds, with which the new primary school in Isola del Piano will be built .
At the moment the old one is being demolished and when the rubble has been removed the work will be able to begin: “We expect it to happen in a couple of weeks”, assures the president of the Province and mayor of Isola del Piano.
The situation at the moment?
“After a temporary transfer to Montefelcino, the nursery school has returned to where the old kindergarten was, in front of the former bar. The middle schools have been in Montefelcino for 10 years, while at the moment the elementary schools have been moved where there ‘was the town hall, in Piazza Umberto I, and the municipal offices in Ca’ Cecilia”.
Once the work is finished, will the town hall return to the square?
“No, the Municipality remains in Ca’ Cecilia. With the old building, I and those who will succeed me in the role of mayor of the town will try to create 3 or 4 apartments which we will make available to families at a low rent”.
Isn’t almost 3 million spent on around sixty children too much?
“School is crucial for a small town. We can’t all go and live in Fano or Pesaro. I’m also open to a merger between municipalities, but it’s an operation that must be done with criteria, not to get quick money. I would be very favorable to a merger that would include the municipalities of Petriano, Isola del Piano and Montefelcino: the villages up in the hills and the industrial areas in the valley bottom. I repeat: I can also say yes to a merger, but done in a prudent manner. Otherwise, it is better to remain small , but with decorum.
And a different tax system for small shops in the hinterland would also be useful: more than a commercial service, they perform a social service.
You can’t put a shop in, I don’t know, Montefelcino and the Ipercoop in Pesaro on the same level, it’s madness.”
The new school in Isola del Piano is expected to be delivered in March 2026, “but I hope that it will be ready in January 2026” specifies Paolini.
Adriano Biagioli
