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18. Hîrlău is a town
in the Iași
County,
Moldova,
Romania.
Outside the
main town, the
settlement also
includes
Pârcovaci
neighborhood.

19. The town is
located in the
north-west, on the
banks of Bahlui
River. According
to the 2011
census the town
population rises
to 10905
residents.

20. Most of the
inhabitants are
Romanian
(85,98%) and the
confessional
majority is
Christian-
Orthodox
(91,04%).

21. The first
documentary
attestation dates
back to 1384.
There are three
monuments of
historical and
national interest at
Hîrlău: whole
royal medieval
court of Stephen
the Great and two
churches: Saint
George and Saint
Dumitru.

22. The town’s
economy is
characterized by
textile industry,
wood processing
industry and food
industry. The town
has hotels, banks,
hospitals (a state
hospital and a
medical clinic),
schools (two
elementary, two
high schools),
pharmacies and
supermarkets.

23. In the south of
Hîrlău there is
the famous
vineyard
named Cotnari.
The most
important
occupation of
the inhabitants
is agriculture:
harvesting and
animal
breeding. They
also do
gardening and
fruit growing.

24. The Techonogical
HighShool
Hîrlău (Liceul
Tehnologic Hîrlău)
responds to the
requirements of the
community, of the
social and
professional
development of the
young people from
Hîrlău by offering
quality training in
various fields:
mechanics, textile
and leather industry,
civil constructions,
wood processing,
food industry, tourism
and catering.

25. The aim is to
ensure real
chances/opportu
nities of socio-
professional
integration. The
Technological
High school
Hîrlău has 830
students, 60
teachers, and
two head
teachers. It has 4
buildings: 3 are
used for classes
and one contains
laboratories.

26. The school has
suitable facilities
and material
resources, twelve
regular classrooms,
one specific
classroom for TP
(Therapy
Pedagogy), specific
rooms for
Technology, Music
and Arts, a library,
two laboratories
(Biology and P&C)
and departments
for the different
subjects.

27. In Romania,
including ours, a
major problem is
the left-alone
children/students,
with parents who
left to work abroad.
The origin of this
problem is poverty.
Willing to offer a
better material
situation, the
parents are going
abroad to work and
send money to their
children.

28. They are left with
grandparents or they
are living with only
one parent and some
of the duties of the
gone parent are
falling on their
shoulders. We have a
lot of similar cases in
our school.
Unfortunately, in
many cases they are
left alone at home for
6 months/ 1 year. The
parents are coming
home only in
vacations.

29. The connection is
maintained only by
phone. They have
to take care of
themselves and
also to learn for
school. Some of
them are already
working . We have
also students with
only one parent,
one of them is
dead. They are
suffering and they
find it hard to be
happy, to play, to
sing, to dance and
to learn as their
colleagues do.

30. Most of the families in
our school are
characterized by:
living in
marginalization,
having few economic
resources, having a
high rate of
unemployment,
precarious or low-
qualification
employment, having a
low learning level,
showing poor
involvement in their
children learning
process, living with
violence within the
family context.

31. The parents are not
really involved in their
children’s lives and
sometimes the teachers
know the children better
than their parents: their
personality, their tastes,
their preferences, their
aptitudes, their talents,
their feelings. Statistics
in our school are saying
that the parents are
interested in their
children’s evolution in
school and in society at
the beginning of high-
school (9th grade): at
the meetings that are
organized by the class
masters/tutor teachers
are coming 40% of them
in the first year.

32. As the children
grow up, their
interest is getting
lower and lower: -
9th grade: 40% of
them -10th grade:
33% -11th grade:
24% -12th grade:
only 15% Also we
have observed that
only 18% of parents
are helping their
children in solving
the tasks that they
have to do for
school: doing
projects, learning,
doing homework
etc.

33. We are trying to
increase the parent
involvement by group
counseling, individual
counseling, individual
and collective
discussions, by including
the students and their
parents in national
programs like Saturday
School (Saturday School
for both parents and
children: they are
supported by a group of
teachers and national
coordinators with group
educational activities,
financial support and
free meals ). Obviously
this is not enough.