Education in the city is dressed in academic mourning. What for almost half a century was a beacon of comprehensive training and values, will close.
Source: Nueva Alianza Integral School.
Education in the city is dressed in academic mourning. What for almost half a century was a beacon of comprehensive training and values said goodbye to its last class. The school, located in the south of the city, was recognized for 46 years as synonymous with quality and pedagogical commitment. The institution confirmed that it will permanently close its doors at the end of the 2026 school year.
The news fell like a bucket of cold water: the announcement marks the end of a golden chapter in the history of Calendar A schools. For decades, the institution remained in force and repeatedly stood out in the rankings of the best schools in the city, demonstrating that academic excellence was an everyday habit.
An educational legacy of almost five decades
It’s about school New Comprehensive Alliancewhich since its founding assumed an ambitious objective: to train academically outstanding students and well-rounded human beings. Its hallways, today full of nostalgia, witnessed the evolution of pedagogical methods focused on critical thinking and social sensitivity.
Under the direction of visionary leaders, the school achieved levels of performance “Very Superior” in the state tests, competing face to face with more expensive and traditional institutions in Bogotá. Beyond the numbers and recognitions, its greatest achievement is in the generations of professionals who today lead different sectors of the country and preserve the seal of the Alliance family.
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The reasons for the closure
The reasons for the goodbye respond to a combination of economic factors, generational change and the challenges that the post-pandemic left in private institutions of intermediate size. Added to this are the low birth rate and the demographic crisis, determining factors in the final decision. The administration emphasized that the closure will be carried out under high standards of institutional responsibility.
“We don’t want it to be a traumatic farewell, but rather a celebration of everything we managed to build together”said sources close to the institution.
A community that says goodbye to its school
For parents, choosing the Nueva Alianza Integral was not only due to proximity or cost, but also to trust in a close and human model. “It is an irreparable loss for the city’s educational offering. Schools with this level of mystique are not easily found”said a representative of the parents’ association.
Former students already organize meetings to pay tribute to the teachers who dedicated their lives to the classrooms. For many, the closure of the physical plant does not imply the disappearance of the school, but rather the consolidation of a living legacy that remains in each graduate.
The last ring
The city bids farewell to one of its educational leaders with the certainty that, although the doors close, the alliance with the knowledge that was planted there will be eternal.
