“We should take a look at it first”: Hallbergmoos does not want to rush into anything in the air filter debate

Air filters for schools are hotly debated right now.

In Hallbergmoos, on the other hand, you don't want to rush anything.

Hallbergmoos

- air filters for classrooms are currently dominating the political debate in Bavaria after Prime Minister Markus Söder called for schools to be fully equipped by the start of school in autumn.

The Free State wants to subsidize 50 percent of the costs.

Districts and municipalities would have to shell out the rest.

"First see if it brings anything"

However, actionism does not break out in Hallbergmoos: You have now borrowed two devices to test them.

“Fans for schools are a big issue,” knows Mayor Josef Niedermair (CSU).

"But we should first see if it brings anything," he said on Tuesday in the building committee.

He asked all parliamentary groups not to “submit motions straight away.

If so, do it together, ”he emphasized.

Niedermair reported that they had just borrowed two devices for elementary and middle school.

They are now running in trial operation for a while.

"We should take a look at that first."

Acquisition should be carefully considered

Rector Rudolf Weichs has already given the community chief an initial assessment: "Surprisingly quiet," they are.

But you want to wait for a long-term experience report from the headmaster.

Niedermair emphasized that a decision about a possible purchase should be carefully considered: “Each device costs 4,000 to 5,000 euros.

That adds up to an impressive sum if we want to equip both schools and, if necessary, day care centers as well. ”Especially since it can be assumed that the prices for such devices will now rise in view of the increased demand.

Eva Oestereich

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