Even if the local council is not convinced of this down to the last detail: Air purification devices are being purchased for daycare centers in Zolling.
Zolling
- Air purification devices are not seen by the Zollinger municipal council as an absolute savior, that was quickly made clear in the meeting on Tuesday. But what also became clear was the majority opinion: “We still have to buy them”, as Bernd Hoisl (ÜWG) said. After the school association had already scheduled a special meeting before the summer holidays, in which it will be decided whether the elementary schools and middle schools in the administrative community should be equipped with such devices, in the most recent meeting it was solely in the hands of the local councils, over air purification devices in the To decide child day care centers.
VG Zolling has already purchased a device for a test operation at the school, as reported by Mayor Helmut Priller (UBZ). The school association had long and broadly discussed the costs and the usefulness of such systems (we reported). "The devices not only clean the air from viruses, they also circulate the air," explained Priller. The device draws the stale and possibly virus-contaminated air across the room - past the children. "Everyone would like to think about the usefulness," said the mayor.
However, it should not be overlooked that more and more parents are approaching the community and demanding such devices. "I don't know what they'll tell us if we're not ready to spend money on it," said Priller, whose balance sheet on the state government's funding program he described as a snap shot: "Well thought, badly done," he concluded . Because currently nobody can say whether the expensive investment in these devices is ultimately the guarantee that the kindergartens - which was the only issue on Tuesday - would no longer have to go to emergency care as soon as the incidence rises.
"It certainly makes sense, the devices are not subsidized for free," said Karlheinz Wolf in favor of the air purification devices.
Andrea Bachmaier (CSU) shed light on the subject from the perspective of a nurse: "The masks and filter devices are a disaster for the children's immune system." cannot go to school. "
According to Manfred Sellmaier, the big question is: “Is there an alternative?” And because this is probably not the case, the community should - even if everything is still a bit half-baked - approve the devices for day-care centers.
Manuela Flohr (UBZ), who attended the test as a teacher at the elementary school, reported a constant humming sound, which she did not find annoying.
But she also spoke of a “constant breeze”, which already gives one the feeling “if someone coughs, the viruses are first drawn through the room before the air is cleaned”.
Three voted against the acquisition
"I would wait - if the parents put pressure on us, we have to endure it," said Karl Toth (UBZ). 2. Mayor Gottfried Glatt agreed with him: "I would wait too, but if we should decide today, we have to look intensively which device is the best for which room." Priller announced that he would definitely get professional support to fetch. “There is no one-size-fits-all device that fits everywhere. We have to get advice. ”In the end, the devices for the day-care centers were approved by three votes against - 15 pieces for a total of around 62,000 euros. The state pays half of the costs.
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