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New Classrooms Flood at Samara’s High School

By Arianna McKinney

Samara’s rural high school now has two rows of new classrooms, but there’s a problem with the row closest to the street —the rooms flood with rainwater.

The new classrooms were completed at the beginning of August, but the plan to divert rainwater through a ditch along the main road has been stalled by a dispute with neighboring hotel Villas Playa Samara since the ditch would divert the water toward the hotel.

Although the hotel received a letter from the municipality requesting that the hotel continue the drainage ditch along the roadway in front of the hotel, hotel manager Philippe Brisson affirmed that it is not the municipality’s jurisdiction since it is a national roadway.

The hotel maintains that the area between the road and the hotel is hotel property rather than public right-of-way and erected a barbwire fence around the area to assert the claim.

Leda Maria Espinoza Matarrita, president of the board of education, said that since it is a national roadway, they are meeting with the environmental committee, MOPT and Conavi to resolve the issue.
In the meantime, a provisional water channel is helping a little, according to the high school’s director, Maria Benita Gomez Moreno; however water and mud still seep into the classrooms.

The five new prefabricated classrooms include a computer lab, a library and an administrative office. The project was shut down by the municipality on April 30th because of the rainwater issue but the municipality granted permission to continue with construction on May 7th. The project was expected to be complete in early June.

More Community News

Tico Breakfast Raises Funds For Nosarans Affected by Earthquake

On Sunday September 16th 170 adults and children gathered for an authentic Tico-style breakfast at Lagarta Lodge, where a successful effort was made to collect donations for the Nosara Development Association on behalf of earthquake damaged homeowners.

New Committees Add Culture to Nosara

By the end of August, 26 members of the community gathered and held votes for the new Music and Culture committees.

Municipality Starts Recycling Collection Service in Samara

As of Wednesday, September 12, the environmental management department of the Municipality of Nicoya is beginning selective collection service for recyclables in Samara. A municipal van will pick up items each Wednesday.

Independence Day Celebration Parades are Suspended

The lantern parade, the torch’s arrival and the September 15th parade, where baton twirlers, lyres and drums can be seen and heard, have all been suspended as a result of the emergency in the canton of Nicoya after the Wednesday, September 5th earthquake and because of the high magnitude aftershocks that are still taking place.

Karaoke Dance in Garza to Support Blue Flag Efforts

Show your talent on the dance floor or with the microphone during a danceable karaoke on Friday, September 14th at 7 p.m. in Barco de Amor in Garza.

Nosara has a New Health Committee

About 38 people were in attendance at the office of the Nosara Development Association on Saturday, August 18th, when a new Health Committee was formed.

Architectural Students Present Design for Park in Samara

The vision for a park in the heart of Samara is an ambitious project, already two years in the making, and it will take at least two to three more years to secure financing and make it a reality, according to Marco Carmona, president of CASATUR, Samara’s tourism chamber.