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Task force for pupils who tested positive: As of Monday, compulsory testing will apply in all schools

2021-04-10T06:05:00.587Z


Face-to-face lessons at the schools will start again on Monday. But the students are not allowed to take part in the class just like that: They have to test themselves beforehand with a self-test. That doesn't go down well with everyone.


Face-to-face lessons at the schools will start again on Monday.

But the students are not allowed to take part in the class just like that: They have to test themselves beforehand with a self-test.

That doesn't go down well with everyone.

District - The fact that elementary school students are also required to test from Monday is displeasing to the parents' council of the Weilheimer Ammerschule, as it reported in a press release.

The Advisory Board welcomed the general obligation to test in schools, as this “is an important component in addition to the vaccination of the staff in order to be able to keep the school running in classroom teaching”.

But the members “had to find out with horror” that it also affects the very young students.

St. Johann Primary School Peißenberg: Explanatory videos for the test were sent to parents and children

Among other things, the parents' council criticizes the fact that the self-tests lose teaching time.

In addition, the teachers are not allowed to actively intervene in the test and the tests are often carried out incorrectly as a result.

Matthias Igerl, who heads the St. Johann elementary school in Peißenberg, has done a lot of preparatory work to prevent this from happening to him.

An explanatory video of the test, which is also taken at school, was sent to the parents.

This enabled the parents to practice with their children at home.

But that's not all: “We're trying to get medical staff to help - for example, mums who are nurses,” said Igerl, who is also the acting rector of the primary schools in Polling and Eberfing.

It was not yet clear on Friday whether that would work or how many medical staff Igerl could find.

From Monday distance lessons at the Penzberg grammar school

It was clear, however, that only a few students did not have a declaration of consent from their parents.

But what about the children who don't get tested?

“They stay in distance learning,” says Igerl.

But this is not transmitted online, the students are still provided with the necessary material.

"We are at elementary school, not at university."

The Penzberger Gymnasium will “switch back to distance teaching” from Monday, although alternating lessons are actually arranged, explained Rector Matthias Langensteiner.

Only the upper school classes are then taught on site.

The test obligation also applies here.

If someone does not agree, the homeschooling rules apply.

Some teachers, according to Langensteiner, also transfer the lessons “with their own equipment” into the classrooms of the upper school students at home.

Extra task force set up for high school students who tested positive

If the high school students in Penzberg test positive, they don't have to sit alone in a dark room until they are picked up.

"We have set up a task force made up of parents and teachers who have already been vaccinated to take care of the students who have tested positive," says Langensteiner.

For the self-tests, the teachers at the Penzberg grammar school were trained by the Maltese so that they can help the students with explanations.

As Ingrid Hartmann-Kugelmann, head of the state education authority in Weilheim-Schongau, reported, many schools have accepted the offer to introduce their teachers "to the use of self-tests" through the specialist staff of the Weilheim and Schongau hospitals.

Tests in pharmacies, family doctors or in the test center are also possible: Proof is valid for 48 hours

The education authority has received feedback from individual schools on the parents' declarations of consent: These vary from a few to a very large number.

As Armin Eder, Rector of the Pfaffenwinkel Realschule Schongau, reported, he started the request for consent before the holidays.

This is available to the rector of around 20 percent of all students.

However, there is also the possibility - this applies to all schools - to take the tests at a family doctor, in a pharmacy or in the test center.

However, the written evidence may not be older than 48 hours.

During the holidays, Eder and his school team worked out a concept “with the parents' council, which in this case has a say and gives valuable advice”.

"The parents are constantly informed via the school manager and have the opportunity at any time to give us feedback on what they are doing," says Eder.

The secondary school students were introduced to the self-tests with a film on the Friday before the Easter break.

Pfaffenwinkel secondary school in Schongau has set up test rooms

Eder offers tests three times a day: before the start of the class in the multi-purpose room, after the class in a test room and from 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (except Fridays) with a parent or legal guardian in a test room or several classrooms if required.

"The afternoons are suitable for students who do not want to test themselves in front of others or who need the presence of a mother or a father," explained the director of the Schongauer Realschule.

Those who fail to provide evidence of the test have to go home again. However, there is no such thing as direct homeschooling: “Pupils have to get information from the school manager about the current subject matter that the teachers put online. Homework also has to be sent digitally, ”reported Eder. So far, he has received very positive feedback from parents and students for the concept.

Source: merkur

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