The municipal nursery "Giancarlo Siani" in Via Cerillo in Bacoli has reopened for the 2026-2027 school year. The facility serves children from 0 to 36 months and is presented as a civic outpost of legality as well as early education.
The reopening was marked by a ceremony attended by Mayor Josi Gerardo Della Ragione and Paolo Siani, the brother of Giancarlo Siani, the journalist to whom the nursery is dedicated. The dedication links the daily life of the nursery to legality, social justice, and children's growth.
A municipal service inaugurated in 2023
The Via Cerillo nursery was inaugurated as Bacoli's first municipal nursery in September 2023, with the inauguration and dedication to Giancarlo Siani announced for 23 September 2023. The address reported for the facility is Via Cerillo, listed as Via Cerillo 90 in the 2023 inauguration notice.
At its launch, the service was awarded through a public tender to the temporary grouping RTI Cooperativa Sociale Amira and Iflhan srl. Initial local reports described a capacity of 20 children aged 3 to 36 months, and said the service was free for families at that time.
The nursery has remained in operation as a municipal service through the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 school years.
What the 2026 reopening reports
The 2026 report describes the current facility as intended for 40 children from 0 to 36 months. Earlier independent reports from 2023 gave an initial capacity of 20 children. The available research does not document whether the difference reflects an expansion, a reorganization, or a different counting method.
No independently acquired municipal source in this research confirms the current operating arrangement or capacity for 2026/2027 beyond the 2026 press report, and current admission requirements and fees for 2026/2027 are not verified here.
How admission has worked
For families planning ahead, the most detailed public admission record concerns the previous year. For 2025/2026, the Municipality of Bacoli published rankings for the "Giancarlo Siani" municipal nursery, covering assigned places, resident and non-resident waiting lists, excluded applications, and withdrawals, along with a welcome day to start activities.
Parents interested in the nursery should therefore check the Municipality of Bacoli's current notices for places, eligibility, deadlines, and any fees for the relevant school year, since free provision announced in 2023 is not confirmed as the current rule.
Why the name matters
Naming the Via Cerillo nursery after Giancarlo Siani gives an ordinary neighbourhood service a clear civic meaning: that early childhood is also where respect for others, fairness, and shared rules begin. The presence of Paolo Siani at the 2026 reopening underlined that connection between memory, legality, and the everyday work of growing up.
