Cancún school unveils new dome after more than 30-year wait
Quintana Roo's government delivered a covered court at Secondary Technical School No. 21 in Cancún's region 94, a project worth more than 3.3 million pesos that benefits 672 students.
The Quintana Roo Public Works Secretariat (SEOP) has finished building a covered sports court at Secondary Technical School No. 21, "Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta," in Cancún's region 94, ending more than three decades in which the campus had no roof over its court. The project benefits 672 students enrolled in the morning and afternoon shifts.
Governor Mara Lezama Espinosa handed over the completed work in person on July 14, accompanied by Verónica Lezama, honorary president of the Quintana Roo DIF welfare system; Luis Alberto Tun, deputy secretary of education for the northern zone; and school principal José Guadalupe Baeza Mena, according to the state government's official report.
State officials said the investment topped 3.3 million pesos and covered a metal roof structure, LED lighting, a full resurfacing of the sports court, and new basketball backboards. The school, founded on September 22, 1995, went more than 30 years without a dome despite heavy seasonal rains and high temperatures for much of the year in the area.
The government placed the delivery within a broader state plan that calls for building 1,109 domes at schools and public spaces across Quintana Roo. During the event, Lezama Espinosa urged students to "stay away from violence [and] self-destructive behavior" and to "make the best decisions," the official statement said.
For region 94 — one of the fastest-growing residential areas in western Cancún — the project addresses a school-infrastructure gap that had lagged behind the area's population growth. A covered court also gives the school a sheltered gathering space during heavy rain, a relevant factor in a city with a hurricane season that runs from June through November.
Parents and school communities elsewhere in Cancún and Quintana Roo can track the progress of the state's dome program through official announcements the state government publishes on its website, qroo.gob.mx, the channel it has used to report each delivery under this school-infrastructure initiative.
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