El Ejido reinforces road safety at school access points

Access to the schools in El Ejido will have a specific road safety measure. This is the 1st School Crossing Plan, coordinated by the Local Police and Civil Protection, which has been presented within the framework of the Municipal Council of AMPAS, the body that brings together the municipality's mothers' and fathers' associations and which at this meeting has addressed the planning for the 2026/2027 school year. Alongside the crossing plan, the Local Police has presented the Agente Tutor Programme, an initiative focused on the prevention and protection of minors in the educational environment. The programme places officers trained in direct contact with pupils and the school community, with the aim of detecting risk situations and acting before they escalate.

The two measures directly affect the daily routine of thousands of families in El Ejido: the start and end of the school day, the times of greatest traffic concentration and of minors on the street. The school crossing plan seeks to organise those moments at the access points to the schools, while the Agente Tutor works inside and around the school grounds. The Municipal Council of AMPAS is the channel for the participation of family associations in the educational life of the municipality. At its meeting, the planning for the next school year was also analysed, according to the El Ejido Town Council. Safety in school environments has been a recurring issue on the municipal agenda in recent weeks. At the end of October, the Town Council activated a special security measure on the occasion of All Saints' Day and Halloween, coordinated with the National Police, which reinforced surveillance in streets, shopping areas and leisure spaces, as reported by the portal on October 30.

The Local Police is the security force dependent on the Town Council, with powers in the urban area and in protecting neighbourhood coexistence. The Agente Tutor programme relies on that closeness to work with schools and families. The school crossing plan and the Agente Tutor Programme are part of the coordination between the Local Police and Civil Protection, which in El Ejido regularly takes part in security and emergency measures.