New Ali Public School

Our school is located right on the Namakkal Erode Road. If you are driving through Velagoundampatti, you will see our gate. It’s a busy road with lots of trucks going past, so there is always a bit of noise from the traffic. We started New Ali Public School to give the local kids a place nearby to go. The building is painted fairly bright so it’s hard to miss. Inside, things are a bit calmer than the road outside. We have our classrooms set up with basic wooden benches and blackboards. The teachers usually get here early to prep. During lunch, the kids eat under the shade because the sun gets quite strong in this part of Namakkal. We aren't a huge institution, just a local school trying to keep up with the syllabus. Sometimes we have to fix the roof or paint a wall, things like that. It is a lot of work running a place like this on a main road. We see parents dropping off their children on scooters every morning. It feels like a small community even though we are right by the highway. We just try to keep the books organized and the kids learning their lessons. No big speeches or fancy events, just the daily routine of a school in a small town. We try to keep the dust off the desks, but with the road so close, it's a constant battle. That's just part of life here in Velagoundampatti.