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40th Anniversary, Camagüey Vocational School.

publicado a la‎(s)‎ 3 sept 2016, 18:40 por Reinaldo Togores Fernández

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This year marks the "Maximo Gomez" Vocational School's 40th Anniversary. Built  in the city of Camaguey, Cuba, this was one of the most outstanding among the schools built in Cuba during the 1970s.

It is a boarding school for 2500 students which includes basic secondary education and senior high school. The students are selected among the best records of primary education in the province. At its inauguration in September 1976 the then president -Fidel Castro- proclaimed it "the best school in Cuba". This is one of the 186 Cuban buildings of the Modern Movement that in 2010 were included in the Registry of National and Local Monuments.

Commemorating this anniversary I have prepared the following texts, dedicated to all those who have participated, in one way or another: the builders, the students, the teachers ...