Traditionally, before the start of the new school year, Mayor Mato Franković, accompanied by Deputy Mayor Jelka Tepšić and the Head of the Department for Education, Sports, Social Welfare, and Civil Society Dživo Brčić, held a meeting with the principals of the primary schools of the City of Dubrovnik.
Everything is ready for the start of the 2024/2025 school year, and 437 first-grade students will start school in the seven Dubrovnik primary schools. The most "first-graders" will attend classes at Primary School Mokošica (111), followed by Primary School Ivana Gundulića (90), Primary School Lapad (62), Primary School Marina Držića and Primary School Marina Getaldića with 57 and 43 first-grade students, respectively.
The principals of Dubrovnik's primary schools briefed the Mayor and his team on the current issues and challenges they face in their institutions. Mayor Franković presented the investment plan in infrastructure and in improving the conditions for attending and working in primary schools, highlighting major investments such as the reconstruction and expansion of Primary School Mokošica, the largest primary school in the City of Dubrovnik. This investment, he reminded, will be financed with non-repayable funds totaling over 10 million euros, preceded by the construction of the two-way Tamarić road, which is crucial for smoother and safer traffic around the school, and the introduction of a bus line. Also highlighted is the energy renovation of Primary School Marina Držića—a school with a special program, also funded by non-repayable funds—as well as the construction of the Orašac sports hall.