Simão, an 11-year-old boy, waited four months to get a place at a school. After this long waiting period, he was finally placed in an educational establishment located 60 kilometres from his home.
This situation is not an isolated case. Simão is just one of several examples of children who were sent to schools that were not even among the options chosen by their families.
The article illustrates the difficulties faced by many families in the school placement process, where the prolonged waiting period frequently results in allocations to distant institutions that do not match the preferences initially expressed.
