The Morelli school building in via Merliani, in Naples' Vomero district, is set to close permanently once the pupils still enrolled there complete their current school path.
About one hundred children will remain temporarily in the Morelli building. Two second-year classes will instead be moved to another building of the Quarati school network, in the area of via Aniello Falcone and via Belvedere.
According to the plan reported by Il Mattino, the transferred classes are expected to keep the same teachers, allowing pupils to finish the school cycle without interruption.
The release of the Morelli property is linked to a ruling by the Court of Naples dated 22 March 2017 and a subsequent enforcement notice demanding release of the property, served on the Municipality of Naples.
School director Marina Esposito has objected to separating the pupils, arguing that the move risks breaking up the educational community built over the years.
Other possible host sites were examined, including the Liceo Sannazaro, a school building in viale delle Acacie, and the Vanvitelli school, but inspections reportedly found the available spaces unsuitable.
The municipal administration also links part of the reorganization to demographic decline and falling birth numbers in Naples.
The exact timing of the final closure remains dependent on legal and organizational developments, and the outcome of the Municipality's opposition to the enforcement notice has not been confirmed in the available reporting.
