{"id":585947,"date":"2026-05-01T12:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/05\/585947\/balabanivka-has-no-future-after-the-school-they-even-took-away-the-kindergarten\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:07:28","slug":"balabanivka-has-no-future-after-the-school-they-even-took-away-the-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/05\/585947\/balabanivka-has-no-future-after-the-school-they-even-took-away-the-kindergarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Balabanivka has no future: after the school, they even took away the kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Balabanivka<\/strong>, debate continues after the decision of deputies of the Mykolaiv<\/strong> City Council to liquidate kindergarten No.138<\/strong>, located at Oleh Kravets Street<\/strong>, 79<\/strong>. Officially, city authorities explain that the institution has not been operating since the start of the full-scale war, and it is impossible to resume its work due to the lack of conditions to equip a shelter. At the same time, activists Anna Kurkurina<\/strong> and Svitlana Fedorova<\/strong>, who visited the kindergarten grounds, question how the authorities are presenting the situation.<\/p>\n

Recall that on April 30, 2026<\/strong>, during a city council session deputies supported the liquidation of only one of the three kindergartens put up for consideration \u2014 namely kindergarten No.138<\/strong> in Balabanivka<\/strong>. 29<\/strong> deputies voted for this decision. Decisions regarding kindergartens No.128<\/strong> and No.104<\/strong> were not adopted at that time.<\/p>\n

The official position of the city authorities is that some preschool institutions in Mykolaiv<\/strong> cannot return to operation because of safety requirements during the war. As the head of the education department Hanna Lychko<\/strong> previously explained, kindergartens No.104<\/strong>, No.128<\/strong> and No.138<\/strong> are idle due to the lack of shelters and the impossibility of arranging them. According to her data, the city has 73<\/strong> kindergartens operating, of which 44<\/strong> already accept children offline or in a mixed format, and in total these institutions educate 7,830<\/strong> children.<\/p>\n

Specifically regarding kindergarten No.138<\/strong>, the official noted that it has not functioned since the start of the full-scale war, and resuming its work is impossible precisely because there are no conditions to equip a shelter. The authorities also pointed to the small design capacity of the institution \u2014 26<\/strong> children \u2014 while during the downtime staff continued to be paid 2\/3<\/strong> of their salaries, and the building was partially heated due to having its own boiler house.<\/p>\n

During the session, the mayor Oleksandr Senkevych<\/strong> emphasized that privatization of kindergartens No.104<\/strong>, No.128<\/strong> and No.138<\/strong> is not currently on the agenda. According to him, this concerns the liquidation of legal entities, and the buildings themselves are to be mothballed.<\/p>\n

At the same time, activists Anna Kurkurina<\/strong> and Svitlana Fedorova<\/strong> went to Balabanivka<\/strong> after the session and showed kindergarten No.138<\/strong> on video. They claim that the grounds look well maintained and the institution itself does not appear to be a completely neglected object. In their view, the authorities should have explained in more detail to people why liquidation was chosen rather than looking for options to preserve the childcare infrastructure in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The activists were particularly outraged that there is already a school in Balabanivka<\/strong> that was destroyed in Russian shelling. Now, after the decision regarding the kindergarten, the neighborhood risks being left without key educational facilities for children.<\/p>\n