Sunday, March 21, 2010

Is no school?



Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf on Tuesday for proposing Pänz and teachers, the moment of truth. Are the schools because the swine flu really closed longer?
For weeks, talk to the government in terms of swine flu hot heads. According to Health Minister Karl Josef Laumann (CDU), the government plans to seek the opinion of an independent commission of experts.
"The eight-member Commission of virologists and experts from the public health sector will also include in their decision, of course, the experience of other provinces," said Laumann.
To 13 clock could be announced the decision. NRW for approximately 2.8 million students and 192,000 teachers says erstmal so wait and see. "I do not imagine me what it means for us when the summer actually go into overtime," said Elizabeth St. John Bauer, director of the Community School Lennéstraße.
"Finally, it would then send a lot of organizational work to the school principals. The induction training of first graders would be moved to the rear. One would have to consider whether the provision also applies to schools with full day care. From the stress of working parents on the whole would presumably be silent, "said John Bauer.
Gabriela Podolski, mother of a nine year old daughter, has similar concerns: "Of course, students should be exposed to any unnecessary risk of infection. Nevertheless, the children should not miss classes unnecessarily substance they have to catch up again later with difficulty. "
Regardless of how the experts decide today, the Minister of Health calls on schools to ensure sufficient hygiene items to the school toilets to make: "Since the disease is highly contagious, students should wash their hands as often as possible."
Appropriate precautions and information material will also be passed today, Düsseldorf schools. City spokesman Volker Paulert compared EXPRESS: "Our experts at the Health Department will be adequately inform educators of all major actions."