Due to increased disturbances of the peace and mobbing, the high school in Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn installed gates in front of the schoolyard.
That strikes a local council.
Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
- A dispute has broken out about the courtyard of the Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn high school, more precisely about roller gates that were installed at the entrances during the autumn holidays to seal off the schoolyard if necessary. City council member Karsten Voges hit the barriers particularly angry. Therefore, in an open letter, he asked school principal Claudia Gantke to dismantle the bars. The rector is not thinking about it, however. According to your statements, the roller gates serve to protect against vandalism and disruptions to teaching.
“It was with horror that I saw the newly installed bars at the entrance to the Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn grammar school,” wrote the Green politician in his letter, which he not only addressed to the headmistress, but also to the head of the school administration, District Administrator Christoph Göbel (CSU ) and Mayor Mindy Konwitschny (SPD).
Voges calls for clarification on how such a "deterioration in the school and the schoolyard" could have come about.
"Taken an important meeting place"
The existing fence around the bike racks and table tennis tables at the grammar school is already a thorn in his side. "The new prison-like fences are robbing our youth of an important meeting place here", emphasizes Voges and reminds that in the past few months voices have repeatedly been heard in the municipal council calling for the gymnasium sports and leisure areas to be opened up to the general public . Now the "already bad situation" has been made worse instead of improved.
Gantke does not want to leave the publicly made criticism of Voges uncommented and wrote an open letter for her part.
In it, she explains to Voges, "which grievances have prompted us to take appropriate measures to cordon off the courtyard after classes in the evening and at the weekend, as a 'last resort', as it were ''.
Director explains herself
According to Gantke, the inner courtyard has been increasingly used in the afternoon, but especially in the evening, “as a skater area, as a football, entertainment and celebration area”. With numerous unsightly side effects. Because the extra-curricular visitors would always leave rubbish like cigarette butts, beer bottles, broken glass and other rubbish behind. "Unfortunately, there were frequent disruptions to lessons from young people skating or partying, as well as rioting against teachers, and a few times even our own students were harassed," explains the Rector. Since alternative measures such as motion detectors and stronger lamps had no effect, the decision was made to take this step after consulting the association and had the roller doors installed. The police also advised them to do so.The parents' council was also involved in the decision, as was the student co-administration, Gantke emphasizes, contradicting Vote's assessment that the decision was made without the knowledge of parents and students.
This is also confirmed by the parents' council.
"The planning of the structural change was announced to the parents 'council and the class parents' representatives - and thus the entire parenting of the school - as early as 2019," said the chairman of the advisory board, Anja Böger-Lange.
“The parents' council supports this measure to protect the school from vandalism.” Especially since some parents had spoken out in advance for a demarcation of the school courtyard from the nearby train station.
There were problems before
Local councilor Rupert Franke (SPD), who will be a student at the grammar school until 2019, can understand the decision of the school management.
There were already problems with vandalism in his day, he says.
The youth officer, who is also a member of the school association assembly, would have liked better communication and involvement of the students.
To the best of their knowledge, the student co-administration has only been informed about the acquisition.
Only an urgent order was presented to the association meeting for information.
It would have been better if the topic had been presented again and a decision had been taken on it.
Before the roller doors have been installed.
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