The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, presented the Clean Schools Plan on Monday, a new cleaning model that has been in operation since September 1 in over 100 public educational centres in the capital.
The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, presented the Clean Schools Plan at the Mariana Pineda School in the Las Naciones neighbourhood (North district). The new cleaning service has been in place since September 1 in more than 108 public schools in the city.
The plan includes an investment of over €25 million over two years, in addition to nearly €20 million annually that the City Council already allocates to municipal cleaning staff. With this reinforcement, the workforce dedicated to cleaning municipal buildings will increase from 636 to 1,191 workers.
Sanz described the lack of cleanliness in schools as “an endemic problem of the last 20 years that no government has dared to tackle.” Until now, the average was just 1.8 workers per building among the 350 municipal properties that include schools, civic centres, libraries, fire stations, and police stations.
“This is a much more modern, efficient service tailored to the real needs of educational centres and represents a turning point in the cleanliness of public schools in Seville.”
As a significant new feature, a morning shift for cleaning staff has been created, which did not exist until now and has been requested for years by the parents' associations and school administrations. Additionally, state-of-the-art professional machinery has been incorporated: electric scrubbers, blowers, high-pressure cleaners, and polishers, as well as specific tools for removing graffiti from facades and exteriors.
The contract also includes a digital monitoring system that will allow daily tracking of the work done, resources used, and the status of the service at each educational centre. Sanz guaranteed that there would be no layoffs: “I give you the number of municipal workers who will be laid off: zero.”
In parallel, Lipasam has carried out 1,055 actions in the exteriors of educational centres before the start of the 2026/2027 school year, including clearing, removal of graffiti and signage, cleaning of urban furniture, and washing at entrances. These actions cover all educational levels: preschool, primary, secondary, vocational training, and also private centres.
The City Council has also invested €150,000 in repainting school streets around nearly fifty centres, with new vertical “School Street” signage to calm traffic and protect pedestrians in all eleven districts of the city.
During the summer, works have been carried out in 49 public educational centres, of which 40 will be completely finished by the start of the school year. These works, coordinated with administrations, teaching staff, and parents' associations, are part of an investment of €5.6 million in progress, along with €8.95 million in projects being drafted, nearly €10 million already delivered, and €1.5 million in tender.
“All of this adds to the more than €25 million we have invested and are investing in these three years to renew public schools in Seville.”
The new service will start with three deep general cleanings throughout the school year, in addition to the morning and afternoon shifts, directly affecting families and students, who will notice an improvement in hygiene and maintenance of the centres from the very first day of class.
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