School expansion in Harlaching deleted: Parents and politicians outraged!

School expansion in Harlaching deleted: Parents and politicians outraged!

In Munich, the news beats high waves: The planned expansion of the Theodolinden Gymnasium in Harlaching has to be put on hold for the time being. This decision is excited by the district committee and numerous parents who hope to improve school conditions. Because the school building is getting old and the specialist apprenticeships in the basement are in a desolate state. There were actually urgently needed extensions with new biology and physics rooms as well as the urgently required renovation of existing classrooms, but the city has deleted these measures, as tz.de.

The reasons for this decision are diverse. The tense budget situation of the city forces other priorities. In view of new development areas, the pressure from returning to the nine -year high school and a growing population share, the pressure on the school places is increasing. Political voices from the district committee sharply criticize the situation. The SPD politician Helga Hügenell describes the situation as dramatic and demands more commitment to the school expansion. Green politician Norbert Weigler also emphasizes that the situation is no longer bearable for everyone involved.

real challenges for the Theodolinden-Gymnasium

The school management faces a serious challenge: there are currently 43 classes and upper -level rails, but only 41 available rooms - and some of these rooms are simply too small. The parents' advisory board does not miss an opportunity to work on the district committee for rethinking and fight for the expansion. The School (RBS) department has increasingly emphasized that the projects have been necessary for new evaluation, since the extension building does not enjoy the required priority due to the financial situation. This rests the planning of school expansion until at least 2028, while the necessary renovations are to be carried out gradually.

In order to improve the situation sustainably and to create transparency, there is now also a digital school building card that is available on muenchen.de This interactive card offers an overview of all projects of the Munich school building offensive, including planned construction projects, locations and completion dates. It should particularly benefit school families, residents: inside and city council: inside and district committee members and offers a contemporary presentation of information that was previously static.

Total strategy for school and daycare construction

Regardless of the current challenges concerned by the Theodolinden Gymnasium, the city of Munich has made considerable progress in school construction in recent years. A comprehensive educational building offensive has been launched since 2016. As part of the various school construction programs, a total of 39 projects have been approved to date, whereby the focus is often on primary schools. For example, the 5th school building program includes a volume of 695 million euros, which is to create up to 4,600 school places and several sports units, such as City of Munich.

How to proceed? A meeting of the district committee with representatives of the Education and Sport presentation is due to find alternative solutions. Hope finally dies that school expansion in Harlaching is not permanently neglected and the students receive an appropriate learning environment.