History Leonidense

History Leonidense

School Leonidas rubio Villegas thinking of low-income students was born in 1967. Begins its work with the first year of high school in the school Diego fallon in conditions uncomfortable due to the place where worked, a basement that when rained is flooded.

Since that time began the first mobilizations of students, teachers and parents demanding the appointment of teachers; "the first name given to the College," Casablanca manual "with the rector Mario reyes Florián, in the communal house in the Kennedy neighborhood. Because wings difficulties to work was transferred to what is nowthe library loneliness Rengifo, at that time an abandoned Ranch, there are could becompleted the first year of operation of the College, in 1968.

In 1969, with the rector Alfonso Jaramillo Márquez and due to the increase of the number of students seeking a new section, presenting the opportunity with the Sisters of the presentation in the third stage of the district Jordan (today, Juan Lozano and Lozano).

Continuing struggles for the first installations that were deteriorating and Manuel Murillo Toro (today, Banco de la República) Gets a seat in the old local school.

In the year of 1970, with the increase of students two days, opened in the afternoon (female) and in the morning (male) but they only functioned up to 3 ° high school, by the need to open the 4th high school, he moved to host it to the women's prison in Bethlehem (Germán pardo García College today), there it worked until 1977, the students could only cure up to 4 ° high school that there was no space for grade 5 ° so follow the fights and opens a new office in Jordan 6th stage, school Misael pastrana, is the new President Yesid Bonilla. The motto that distinguished the school flagof struggle: "By a LOCAL sole and own".

The College has always stood out in the sports part and the cultural. In 1973, is given the official name as College LEONIDAS RUBIO VILLEGAS, taken on an armenita educator and this year is the first promotion of high school graduates, giving the State Government the first medal to the merit education.

In 1974, it creates a project fantastic; the high school as a sport, a Bachelor's degreewith special programs that worked in coldeportes.

In 1975, COPROPASEAT, the union of students, parents and teachers make greatermobilization and struggle that is dyed in Tolima seeking local sole and own. In thatyear it works on race Street known as section san Jose; 19 6 This would be the mainsection 5 and 6 of high school. He was appointed rector, Mr Alipio Perdomo cuencaby the pressure students and parents who rejected the previous Rector.

In 1977 he was appointed rector Alvaro castro lima, in 1978 he started as rector MrGustavo Ramírez Urueña, connoisseur of the Tolima educational problems.

Due to the large number of students, the school becomes a problem for the departmental government and unable to create a single site is named in each Delas venues, new schools as Germán pardo García, Juan lozano y lozano, Antonio reyes Umaña, and Jorge Eliezer Gaitán. Leonidas rubio Villegas, located on 19th Street race 6 falling as unique. Each year the College was evolving in all aspects, to grow the numberof graduate students and it was as well as in 1983 the college ranks 5th in departmental level in the ICFES tests.

In 1985 the selected father claim the seat of the Leonidenses had to continue struggles for a local sole and own achieving the departmental Assembly to grant the ancient land to the reformatory Luis A. Rengifo.

In 1986, sets the motto: "we are fully man and generate the change".

All this low wing administration of the licensed Gustavo Ramirez. In the year 1987 began computer classes at the College, being the home of the form that exists today.

Currently, school continues in the neighborhood the claret with one of building more beautiful within tolimenses schools and the official institution with better educational resources, continuous excelling in sport, culture and the ICFES, than in the 2006 tests manages to locate on the upper level.