ESF Parents' Association - School Extension

Letter to Chancellor Merkel on School Capacity Issue

Details: Published: 19 October 2013 19 October 2013; Hits: 2880 2880

Dear Members,

The school's capacity is reaching a critical point. The school direction has pointed out that it will not be able to accomodate children it is legally required to admit.

This situation has been repeatedly discussed with the German authorities since 2008, with no results. The Board of the PA has therefore sent a letter to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ms. Angela Merkel, on October 18, 2013, alerting her to the situation and asking for support. The letter was introduced at the meeting of the school's administrative board on October 18.

Copies of the letter have been forwarded to:

Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Prof. Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister for Education and Science
Mr Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
Mr Peter Feldmann, Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt
Ms. Nicola Beer, Minister of Eductaion of the State of Hesse
Mr Kari Kivinen, Secretary-General of the European Schools
Mr Peter Friss, Director of the European School Frankfurt

You can download the letter in German and an unofficial translation.

European School Frankfurt is growing further

Details: Published: 11 March 2013 11 March 2013; Hits: 6188 6188

The European School Frankfurt (ESF) is bursting at the seams and the use of portakabins to accommodate several primary school classes has become necessary since 2011. Additional portakabins are needed to cope with the steady influx. ESF school management intends to confirm enrolments for the next school year when the required additional capacity is approved by the German authorities. This is expected to take place in the coming weeks.

The ESF school management, supported by the ECB’s DG-H and the ESF Parents Association, are working closely together to secure the necessary funding for an adequate extension of the school that covers the needs for the medium term and will keep parents updated on developments.

For any specific questions on the topic, please contact the ESF Parents’ Association at Office@ESFParents.org.

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The Parents’ Association supports the family-life balance of our members by offering services like Childminding, Extracurricular Activities, School Transportand Holiday Camps via our subsidiary EuroKids gGmbH. We represent the voice of all ESF Parents in a variety of committees and support the school on everything that happens outside the classroom and contributes to the school community.