New school campus in Pforzheim: Future for children with special needs!

New school campus in Pforzheim: Future for children with special needs!

Pforzheim, Deutschland - A remarkable project is tackled in Pforzheim: the new building of the Buckenberg campus, which is to revolutionize the city's educational landscape. Mayor Peter Boch and District Administrator Bastian Rosenau presented the plans for this extraordinary school complex in a press conference. The construction of the Bohrain School, which takes care of students with learning problems, and the Gustav Heinemann School, who teaches children with special needs are planned. These schools are built in the immediate vicinity of the existing Buckenberg School in order to create an optimal learning environment, such as Pforzheim.de reports.

The need for these new buildings is clear: The Gustav Heinemann School had to be closed in 2017 due to serious fire protection defects and the students have been distributed to different locations since then. The Bohrain School also suffers from a lack of space, which affects the quality of education. The new building not only enables the pupils to be merged at a location, but also relieves the Weiherberg School, which is currently overloaded.

A common goal: inclusion and synergy

A central aspect of the Buckenberg campus is the promotion of inclusion. The two heads of administration emphasize that it is about creating optimal framework conditions for the joint schooling of children with and without disabilities. "With this future project we want to beat several birds with one stone," said the two. The schools should not only be spatially close together, but also create synergies through cooperation and joint offers. This is supported by the close cooperation of the administrations and school management that are already in exchange.

The choice of location is also well thought out: Many students from the Gustav Heinemann School come from Pforzheim, which is why a central location was elected to avoid long journey routes. Mobility and traffic planning plays a crucial role in ensuring that the students can get to school safely.

a step towards sustainability

The Buckenberg campus is not only an educational project, but also a contribution to the Global Sustainability Initiative of the UN. The school campus has undertaken to support the goals for sustainable development (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGS). In particular, SDG 4, which promotes high-quality education for everyone, and SDG 11, which has sustainable cities and municipalities, focuses on how Schulcampus-buckenberg.de. This orientation shows that education and sustainability can go hand in hand.

In December, important decisions are pending: The political bodies of Pforzheim and the Enzkreis must give the green light for the project. An architectural competition should then initiate the next step. The anticipation for the new campus is great, and the hope that it will soon become a reality drives everyone involved.