BOLZANO. New chapter in the controversy over the class (later never established) of only ‘non-German’ children Goethe elementary school in Bolzano. Sylvia Hofer, on behalf of some constituencies of the Bolzano SVP, asks for the resignation of the school superintendent Sigrun Falkensteiner for having initiated disciplinary proceedings against the principal.
Instead, the director for German language education of the Province of Bolzano defends it Gustav Tchenett: “Falkensteiner has a duty to investigate unlawful acts which fall within its area of responsibility and which are brought to its attention.” According to Tschenett, “the principal had been informed already in the summer that the formation of the classes, as it had been planned and then implemented, was contrary to current laws”.
They think differently Protect who express their solidarity with the principal, guilty – they say – “of having brought forward a courageous proposal for a support class for pupils who do not speak German and of having then been blocked by politics”. According to i libertarianscoalition partner of the SVP in the provincial council, the principal “did nothing wrong” having “acted for the good of all children”. For Andreas Leiter Reber (Freie Fraktion) the school administration has “reached rock bottom” with the disciplinary proceedings.
I Verdi they are with Falkensteiner: “It seems that a certain part of the SVP just cannot make peace with the fact that the activities of schools and public administrations are regulated by precise rules, so much so that they enter into the question by throwing new fuel on the fire and asking for the resignation of the Intendant who proceeded not so much in the direction of common sense, but above all in the correctness of what the school should be for all the students who attend it”.
2024-09-28 14:09:23