Araucária and Apucarana face school injunctions and storm recovery

In Araucária, the Tribunal de Justiça do Paraná (TJPR) issued an injunction preventing the Sindicato dos Servidores do Magistério Municipal de Araucária (SISMMAR) from starting a planned strike. The court ruled that schools and municipal education centers (CMEIs) must operate normally until a concrete, verifiable plan is presented to ensure essential public services. Failure to comply with this order carries a daily fine of R$ 5,000.

In Apucarana, recovery efforts continue following a severe storm on September 21. The storm caused significant damage to public infrastructure, including approximately 4,000 photocell relays in the public lighting system, affecting about 18% of the city's lights. The municipality has launched a task force to replace the damaged equipment at no additional cost to citizens.

The education sector in Apucarana has been heavily impacted, accounting for over 80% of the total damage to public buildings, with estimated losses of R$ 1.72 million. Several schools are resuming activities, including Escola Municipal Mateus Leme, while CMEI Benedito Leugi has begun operating temporarily from a local parish hall due to extensive structural damage to its original building.