A Yakutsk school, officially opened on September 1, is still closed due to a lack of heating.

A Yakutsk school, officially opened on September 1, remains closed due to a lack of heating. The prosecutor's office also found violations of sanitary regulations, so the school was denied a license to operate.

How the new building of School No. 1 was opened in Yakutsk

The building for School No. 1, which was considered the oldest in Yakutsk, was rebuilt almost for 600 million ₽. On Knowledge Day, local officials ceremoniously cut the ribbon and made many grand remarks. Including the head Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev He explained that constructing a modern building on the site of an old, dilapidated structure was no easy task, but the authorities accomplished the task with the support of Vladimir Putin. The official called it an investment in the region's future.

“I am confident that these walls will continue to produce wonderful citizens of Russia and our republic.” assured Nikolayev

City Hall emphasized, that the area of ​​the new four-story building exceeds six thousand square meters, it is equipped state-of-the-art technology, "Given the harsh climatic conditions, special attention was paid to thermal protection."

"Modern materials and technologies were used during construction, allowing for a comfortable indoor climate to be maintained even during extremely cold periods." — it is stated on the city hall website.

What the prosecutor's office discovered at the Yakutsk school

However, a month later the prosecutor's office statedThe school's grand opening building remains empty due to non-functioning heating. Violations of sanitary and epidemiological regulations have also been identified (shower area inconsistencies, capacity issues, and safety concerns). Because of all this, the school has still not been issued a license for educational activities, and children continue to study in the building of the former trade and economics college.

"The building may simply be frozen," fears head teacher Taisiya Dorokhova and recalls that, according to the plan, the facility was supposed to be put into operation on December 15 of last year.