In Penza, a village council member picketed the regional government building. He's asking for a new school.

Ivan Finogeev is a deputy in the village Zasechnoe, which is located on the outskirts Penza and has been actively developed over the past 15 years.
 
"Several more high-rise buildings are about to open, but no one's even thinking about building a new school in the historic part of the village," Ivan Finogeyev told NeMoskva. "The old school, designed for 784 students, has long been unable to cope with the influx. Children are forced to study in two shifts, and 1066 students have already registered for the new school year."
 
In fact, construction is already underway on a new school in Zasechny, and it's slated to be the largest in the Volga Federal District. But there's a catch.
 
— A school for 2450 students is planned to open in the city this fall. Sputnik"It's technically part of the Zasechny village council, but in reality it's located 10 kilometers from the village's historic center," says Ivan Finogeyev. "Even if the government launches special buses, transporting children along the highway is completely unsafe. And the pace of Sputnik's growth is such that within a year or two, the largest school in the Volga Federal District will also become overcrowded."
 
A deputy with village residents запустил A campaign for the construction of a new school was launched. In 10 days, people collected around 600 signatures for a petition to the governor. Finogenov himself held a picket to draw attention to the issue.
 
"This isn't even a protest, but a banal way of informing officials and other Penza residents that children have nowhere to study," he concluded. "And, as it turns out, this problem isn't unique to the village of Zasechnoye. During the picket, passersby told me about the closure of two schools in the southern part of the regional capital; they're also preparing for a shortage of student places there."

Photo: Finogeev will write/Telegram