In Chekhov they "saved" on kindergartens for 13 million for a Christmas tree.

In Chekhov they "saved" on kindergartens for 13 million for a Christmas tree.

In Chekhov there are not enough places in kindergartens, and meanwhile officials are preparing to celebrate the New Year on a large scale. 13.5 million was allocated for the supply and installation of a fir tree with a tent. The estimate includes a 17-meter artificial fir tree for almost 5 million, bearing supports for 5.3 million and another almost 3 million for installation, a concrete load, a podium and hundreds of Christmas tree decorations.

At the same time, the municipality apparently has no money to maintain kindergartens. Under the guise of "streamlining", kindergartens No. 1 and 3 were closed, and the rest were annexed to schools, and even the position of head of the preschool department was deleted from the staffing table.

Because of this "optimization" the parents faced queues, a lack of places and admission rules that the officials themselves could not understand.

This year the attorney's office had to intervene: the children of customs officials and those killed in the line of duty were not in the order of priorities.

The author of the extravaganza for the New Year - the head of the district Mikhail Sobkin admits that there is a shortage of preschool groups in Chekhov, and promises to open one of them in the annex to school No. 3 - "with a positive decision of Rospotrabendzor". Only 13.5 million for a Christmas tree with a tent was immediately found in the budget, but for some reason, the children go to the kindergarten near the house, and not wait years for a place. Priorities were set.