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Petition is addressed to: Schulausschuss & Rat der Stadt Göttingen
Dear fellow citizens, dear parents,
The parents of the Brüder Grimm School have learned from media reports that the City of Göttingen is planning to improve the space situation at our school. On March 27, 2025, a decision is to be made that rooms in Albrecht-von-Haller-Straße, which are currently rented out to the branch of the Catholic Godehard School, will no longer be rented out in the future but will instead be allocated to the Brüder Grimm School.
We, the parents of the Brüder Grimm School, expressly welcome this step. At the same time, we are concerned to note that the parents of the Catholic Godehard School have launched initiatives to stop this measure.
The parents of the Brüder-Grimm-Schule Göttingen are therefore launching this petition to make it clear: This is not the way forward! We demand an end to the Godehard lease to improve the space situation at the BGS! We demand solidarity with the pupils of the Brüder-Grimm-Schule!
Reason
This proposal was recommended by experts during the on-site assessment of the premises. The experts have aptly summarized the lack of space at our school: The space situation at BGS Göttingen is intolerable and will continue to deteriorate over the next school years. Due to the demographic development in the BGS catchment area, it is clear that in the coming school years there will consistently be 4 classes per year group. However, a structural expansion of the school is not possible on the school grounds.
In the past, containers (!) have already been set up and computer rooms have been closed in order to cope with the lack of space. However, these measures are no alternative for regular classes - there is a lack of space for children and equipment.
The Brüder Grimm School is located directly next to the Godehard School. We are an inclusive, intercultural school with DaZ and language support classes, with decades of experience in supporting our diverse pupils. We are a school with committed parents from all parts of Göttingen society. As parents of this school, we are proud of our school - of the diversity, the committed staff, but also the support and teaching concepts at the school.
And as parents of the Brüder Grimm School, we also say to the families of the Godehard School: Your families are very welcome at our school! If the short distance to your place of work at the UMG is so important, you will not drive a meter further when you visit the Brüder-Grimm-Schule!
But we also know that where we speak confidently of diversity, the public often speaks of "hotspots". And when parents prefer to enrol their children in a “school of choice”, there is often more to it than just the distance to their workplace.
That's why we as parents at the Brüder Grimm School also say: We won't let the label of “hotspot school” be put on us!
Renting out the Godehard rooms is also about the big picture. Especially in times when intolerance and hate speech threaten our democracy, the formation of elites is detrimental to cohesion in our society. If educational and income elites want to separate themselves from the rest of society in schools of choice, that is one thing. However, the rented rooms of the Godehard School belong to the public sector, they belong to society at large, and should also be made available to the regular state school, which is attended by society at large. No elite formation in the school system should be supported at the expense of state schools.
We therefore call on you:
- Support the petition of the parents of the Brüder Grimm School!
- Join us in stopping the renting of classrooms to the Godehard School, which should be there for the pupils of the general public!
- Show your solidarity with the pupils of the Brothers Grimm School!
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Petition details
Petition started:
02/15/2025
Petition ends:
08/14/2025
Region:
Göttingen
Topic:
Education
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Die Kinder benötigen sich mehrere Plätze für mehrere Aktivitäten, da die Räumen für die Kinderanzahlen sehr eng sind
Der Raummangel in der Brüder Grimm Schule führt leider dazu, dass nicht genügend Kinder eine Leseförderung bekommen können
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