News from the St. Anna School Association: The primary school, which was previously located in Solln, will come to Icking at the end of the school year.
It's about a "slimming diet".
Icking
- The St. Anna School Association still maintains a primary school in Munich-Solln and the Günter-Stöhr-Gymnasium in Irschenhausen.
As reported, from the school year 2021/22 both schools will move together - in the Villa Eggenberg in Icking.
The Solln location is abandoned.
"At Villa Eggenberg we have completely different development opportunities," says Managing Director Rudolf Kutschera, explaining the move.
With both schools under one roof, one can use “synergy effects”. The merger has the consequence that both schools will be streamlined.
In the future, the grammar school is only to be run in one place.
The linguistic branch that the young people could take after the eighth grade will be abolished.
In any case, there was not much demand for it, according to Kutschera.
The catchment area will change
In the primary school there will be only two classes instead of the current seven, which will then be taught across grades - with a maximum of 24 children per classroom.
With the move of the school, which is now named after Reinhard Wallbrecher and will in future be called “Primary School Villa Eggenberg”, the catchment area will also change.
For children from the north of Munich, the facility would then hardly be an option.
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Around 240 pupils will attend elementary school and high school in the future, says Kutschera - that is about as many as are currently only in the 5th to 13th grade.
Originally the school area was approved for a maximum of 250 children and young people.
In this respect, the new plans meet the community's needs.
As Mayor Verena Reithmann (UBI) noted in the latest municipal council meeting, the residents are burdened by the traffic that the school brings with it.
Nine buses are currently driving to the school.
“That's a lot.” As far as the traffic to and from the school is concerned, town hall chief Reithmann wants to meet a representative of the school association and the Wolfratshausen police next week.
Icking is the more attractive location
17 years ago the Günter-Stöhr-Gymnasium, which has existed since 1977, moved into the villa in Irschenhausen, which was previously the home of the “Science and Politics Foundation”.
The primary school has existed since 1978 and was originally located in Krailling.
Icking is simply the more attractive location, says Kutschera.
You have a lot more options there with the large park and your own sports hall.
From Solln, on the other hand, the primary school students have to be brought to the Harras for gymnastics.
"This is a murderous drive."
The state has poached a lot of teachers
According to the managing director, the merger has nothing to do with the fact that the number of enrollments for the two private schools may have decreased.
The facilities are expensive, the monthly school fee per child is around 1,000 euros.
However, those who cannot afford this have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship.
Rather, one factor behind the amalgamation was that in recent years private schools had “increasingly” poached staff from the state, according to a press release by the St. Anna School Association.
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On the new school campus in Irschenhausen, which is to be “modernized and expanded” next year, “concentrated learning” will continue to be possible - in relatively small classes, supervised by two specialists each and through an interlinked morning and afternoon program.
In the St. Anna school network, two afternoons are part of the core program.
Optionally, the children, who also wear school clothes, can spend two more afternoons at school.