Ventilation is one of the Corona hygiene concepts in schools.
But how exactly do the facilities handle this, especially now, in the cold season.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- The corona numbers are increasing.
The district has also reached the red level of the traffic light.
A precise hygiene concept must be adhered to so that classroom lessons are still possible for students in view of these facts.
This also includes regular ventilation.
But how do the individual schools handle this?
"So far, the ventilation has worked very well," says Elisabeth Kohl, Rector of the Wackersberg Elementary School, "We have large window fronts through which sufficient oxygen exchange is possible everywhere."
"Just tilting the window is not enough"
The ventilation works in other schools too.
“That's important,” says Franz Hampel, head of the vocational school in Bad Tölz.
But this is not the rule everywhere.
Yes, the rooms can be ventilated, says Christian Zingler, director of the secondary school in Geretsried.
“Whether sufficient is determined by the respective teacher.” According to current instructions from the Ministry of Culture, “sufficient ventilation” means burst ventilation at least every 45 minutes.
"Just tilting the window is not enough," Zingler continues.
Many schools in the district even ventilate more often.
At the Wackersberg primary school, for example, the windows are opened every 20 minutes.
“We did that before the pandemic,” says Kohl.
"Now even more intensely."
The colder it gets, the less willingness to ventilate
At the Gabriel-von-Seidl-Gymnasium in Tölz there is "airing once at the beginning and once in the middle of the lesson for at least five minutes", explains Alexander Göbel, director of the Tölzer Gymnasium.
"Opening the doors to the aisle makes the air exchange even more effective," adds Hampel.
Now that it's getting colder outside, the previous ventilation concept could become problematic.
"Up to now, ventilation was always possible due to the weather," says Bernd Kraft, head of the Lenggries secondary school.
"As the temperatures get colder, the willingness of our students to regularly let fresh air into the classroom decreases." Markus Zimmermann, delegate of the Bavarian Philological Association in Bad Tölz, is also certain that the cold season will be a problem.
However, according to Zimmermann, there is not yet a “concept from the Ministry of Culture or suitable air purifiers for the winter”.
Would there be enough air purifiers for all schools?
One would be open to such devices, explains Kohl, “So far, there are still no suitable test methods for their use.” These could, for example, clarify where an air cleaner can be set up and how many people would be possible in the room.
“It is also questionable,” says Göbel, “whether, given the high demand for such systems, enough can be made available to each school.”
For the time being, open doors and windows remain the only way to get fresh air in classrooms.
The students have to dress appropriately for the weather - but they had to do so even before the pandemic.
ana
You can find the current developments in the area of Corona in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district in our news blog.
