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"Must be realistic": Whether the headmaster or the parents - opinions are divided about mask-free lessons

2021-06-28T19:48:16.609Z


It is a great relief for the elementary school children: Since Wednesday they no longer have to wear a mask in the classroom. But the topic divides.


It is a great relief for the elementary school children: Since Wednesday they no longer have to wear a mask in the classroom.

But the topic divides.

District of Freising

- The new regulation came not a day too early for Elisabeth Gaßner.

"Especially now in these hot weeks with the high temperatures, it is a great relief that teachers and children no longer have to wear masks during lessons," says the director of the Vötting elementary school.

Accordingly, girls and boys would have been happy about the corona easing.

“However, we also had children who, out of habit, forgot to take off their masks.

But they will certainly get used to it quickly and with pleasure. "

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Elisabeth Gaßner, head of the Vötting elementary school, is happy about the decision.

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The abolition of the mask requirement in primary school lessons has been discussed for a long time.

The fact that the Bavarian state government has now lifted it from one day to the next came as a surprise to Gaßner.

She thinks that this is justifiable with regard to the pandemic.

“The incidence is very low, we still test twice a week, and the children continue to wear masks in the meeting areas.” In addition, there are still separate break zones for the individual classes.

The school principal from Hallbergmoos welcomes the fact that the mask can be removed in class

Rudolf Weichs, Rector of the Hallbergmoos Elementary School, agrees with his colleague's opinion. “I fully appreciate the fact that the children, and even more so the teachers, are allowed to take off their masks during lessons.” For younger students in particular, it is important not only to understand the teachers well, but also their facial expressions to be able to recognize. The children would continue to be tested, the staff had already been vaccinated.

Daniela Nager, director of the Marina Thudichum primary school in Haag, urges caution.

Last week, even before the mask requirement was discontinued, she warned the FT: “It is still too early to be careless.” She is sticking to that now.

Basically, she grants the relief to the children and the staff.

"I also take a deep breath in the classroom and am happy that my students can understand me better again, and that a smile also reaches my counterpart," she writes.

But she had just heard from a class that had to go into quarantine.

Therefore, for the time being, she will continue to make full use of all spatial possibilities at her school in order to be able to provide distances between the students.

The headmistress from Haag looks at the developments with concern

Nager does not want to rely on the tests in schools.

“You have to be realistic and allow for a certain error rate in the test results, considering that six to ten year old children only test themselves with verbal instructions, and these tests solely based on the price and not in terms of ease of use be selected for children of this age. "

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Daniela Nager, director of the Hague elementary school, urges caution.

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The incidence is also reassuring at the moment.

But in view of the spreading dangerous Delta variant and the various easing everywhere, including numerous trips, she looks "a little with concern" at the beginning of the coming school year.

“Of course the numbers will rise again in the autumn.

That explains common sense. "

Parents disagree

The reaction of parent councils also shows that this is a hot topic that divides many parents.

Several chairmen refused to comment on the issue.

Markus Stolper, who heads the parents' council at the primary school in Kranzberg, explains why this is so: “Parents are just as divided on this as large parts of society.

Every family has an attitude to this according to their experiences, which represents the entire range of opinions. "

Markus Stolper thanked the Freisinger Tagblatt for the parents' opinion.

But: “These are extreme times with highly dynamic events.

As chairmen of parenting councils, there is no opportunity for us to speak on behalf of parenthood here. "

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Source: merkur

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