For enough snow, the classes have to go further and further, the equipment is getting more and more expensive. Why some schools still stick to it - and why others have long been thinking about alternatives.from Catherine AldenhoffIf you are looking for a lot of snow in January, you have to drive a long way, this also applies to the Munich schoolchildren, who will be allowed to go back to the ski camp this winter after the Corona break. At...
construction sites:Where Munich's new construction boss wants to tackleJan 2, 2023 6:41 p.mReading time: 7 minsOpen detailed viewFrom poor Bremerhaven to rich Munich: construction officer Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer is happy that the city can spend money on high-quality construction. (Photo: Stephan Rumpf)Dilapidated bridges, green bike paths and tunnels for the subway: Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer explains the city's major construction sites, why it always takes so long there - and what the street signs have to do with the Ukraine war.Interviewed by Heiner...
In order to combat the consequences of the pandemic for children and young people, the city of Munich will in future spend more money than before, a total of almost one million euros a year. This was decided by the child and youth welfare committee and the social committee in a joint meeting on Tuesday. Around 936,000 euros are to flow annually from 2023 onwards, primarily into projects to prevent violence and bullying. However, this is significantly less than the...
No one mourns the loss of the Fina multi-storey car park between Hofbräuhaus and Altstadtring, which was torn down a year ago. The new construction of two residential and commercial buildings in the square between Hildegardstrasse, Neuturmstrasse and Hochbrückenstrasse promises a visual gain for the district, but initially it makes acoustic demands, especially for pupils and teachers at the elementary school on Herrnstrasse. The major construction site is about 15 meters from Munich's most central school building.It got particularly loud...
Young people sprayed pepper spray in a school in Freising, slightly injuring seven people. A 17-year-old legally took the spray to school, the police said on Friday. When friends there wanted to study the ingredients on the pack on Thursday, "the release button was accidentally pressed".A teacher took the coughing youths outside and ventilated the area where the irritant spray had spread. Accordingly, numerous emergency services took care of seven young people aged 15 to 18 years. After that, the...
A huge whiteboard hangs on the wall, its modernity in stark contrast to the rest of the classroom. Not only is it cramped here and the PVC floor is visibly showing its age. The plaster is also peeling off the walls; at one point, water damage has left a dark stain. There is no question that there is a great need for renovation in the municipal building of the private high school Dr. Florian Überreiter in Haidhausen. "Some parents who...
They were students at the Luisengymnasium and became victims of the Nazi dictatorship. High school students have reconstructed the stories of 20 women, an artist, a scientist, a lawyer, mothers and shorthand typists. These 20 women were deported and killed in the Shoa, some of them with their relatives and their small children. The youngest was 17 years old, the oldest 43. They died in Auschwitz and Sobibor, in the camps in the Lublin district, in Kaunas and in the...
In the basement of the elementary school on Schererplatz, things are bustling. Girls and boys dart from one room to the next, the "restaurants" - that's what they call the dining rooms at school - are well frequented. It's the last day of the autumn holidays, but the building is still open - for children from the cooperative all-day school.This has been possible since 2019. The Pasing school was one of the first to offer the model project "Cooperative all-day...
Because all-day classes are being expanded, more and more children and young people are eating lunch at their school. You want an offer that tastes good, is healthy and costs little. But that doesn't work everywhere. Of Catherine AldenhoffThe wishes of the students actually sound simple: their canteen food should be vegetarian, vegan, cheap and, above all, delicious. Lara, Ben, Meryem and Alexandra, all in the 12th grade at different Munich high schools, have had different experiences with school meals...
Youth gangs and adolescents who arm themselves: the police and youth welfare office are observing a worrying trend in Munich - many young people have apparently lost their footing in the pandemic. Of Catherine AldenhoffThere are shocking cases, and there are currently many: On Sunday, October 30, a 25-year-old was stabbed and a 22-year-old arrested as a suspect. On Monday, October 31, young people injure each other during a major argument, four of them have cuts on their upper bodies....