Project goal: In accordance with the long-term plan for the formation of a network of secondary education institutions of the Volochysk urban territorial community for 2026-2027, approved by the decision of the session of the Volochysk City Council No. 2-69/2026 dated March 12, 2026, the legal entity Kurylivka Gymnasium of the Volochysk City Council of the Khmelnytskyi district of the Khmelnytskyi region, where 35 students are currently studying, is subject to liquidation. The closest and territorially accessible educational institution for students from the liquidated institution is the Balkovetsky Lyceum, which is not provided with a school bus. Students of the Kurylivka Gymnasium will need transportation to the Balkovetsky Lyceum from September 1, 2026. The newly purchased bus will make daily trips of 8 km. from the villages of Kurylivka and Korystova. This will increase the student contingent in the lyceum and create favorable conditions for access to quality education for children in rural areas.
The Fedirkivska Gymnasium of the Volochysk City Council of the Khmelnytskyi District of the Khmelnytskyi Region, where 49 students currently study, is also subject to reorganization. According to the planned network for the 2026/2027 academic year, this institution will have fewer than 45 students, which makes it impossible to operate the institution and provide it with educational subventions at the state level. Therefore, the Fedirkivska Gymnasium will be reorganized into a primary school with a preschool unit. The nearest and territorially accessible educational institution for students from the reorganized institution is the Kopachivska Gymnasium, which is not provided with a school bus. Students in grades 5-9 of the Fedirkivska Gymnasium will need transportation to the Kopachivska Gymnasium from 01.09.2026. The newly purchased bus will make daily trips up to 8 km. from the village of Fedirky. This will increase the student contingent at the Kopachivska gymnasium and create favorable conditions for access to quality education for children in rural areas.
It is also planned to purchase a school bus in 2026 for the Volochysk Lyceum named after Hero of Ukraine Maksym Otinov of the Volochysk City Council. 598 students study at this institution. The need to purchase a school bus is due to the implementation of the new stage of the "New Ukrainian School" reform from September 1, 2027, namely, specialized secondary education and the creation of an academic lyceum in the community on the basis of the lyceum named after Hero of Ukraine Maksym Otinov.