‘There are no children’: A Greek island has just 2 students left—and its last school is about to close
Greece closed 75 schools this year as falling birth rates and population decline empty classrooms across the country.
The final school on the Greek island of Kalamos will close after this year due to a dwindling student population. With only two sixth graders remaining, the sole teacher, Chryssa Ntalaka, must send her students to mainland Greece for middle school. Kalamos, with a population of just 80, has seen its school enrollment plummet, prompting authorities to close 75 schools across the country.
The remote communities of Greece are an early warning system for depopulation, with aging populations and limited births contributing to the cycle. The island's remote location makes it difficult to attract new residents, and closing the school could lead to further depopulation and a decline in services.
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