Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School in Minden
| Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School | |
|---|---|
| type of school | comprehensive school |
| School number | 189121 |
| founding | 1986 |
| address |
Königswall 10 |
| place | Minden |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 17 '21 " N , 8 ° 54' 37" E |
| carrier | City of Minden |
| student | about 1200 |
| management | Katharina Langner |
| Website | http://www.ktg-minden.de/ |
The Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school for secondary levels I and II in the East Westphalian city of Minden . About 1200 students are taught at the school.
Educational offer and equipment of the school
The Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School is located on Königswall in the center of Minden and will also have a branch in Dankersen from the 2008/09 school year . The school currently comprises six classes per year of secondary level I and will receive three additional classes at the Dankersen location from the 2008/09 school year. The upper school level will be housed centrally at the Königswall location. The Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School offers the entire spectrum of courses in general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia. After class 9 or 10, the pupils can acquire the secondary school certificate, after class 10 the secondary qualification of the technical college entrance qualification and the technical college entrance qualification with entitlement to attend the gymnasiale Oberstufe. After the 11th or 12th grade, students can acquire the advanced technical college entrance qualification. In contrast to the grammar schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, the comprehensive school continues to offer the Abitur after thirteen school years.
302 children were registered for the 2008/09 school year, according to the school management this is the highest number of registrations since the school was founded. Of these 302 registrations, due to the restriction to 9 classes (from 2008/09) only 258 children can be accepted for the coming fifth school year, the others must be referred to other schools. Of these 258 children, 90 children will attend the three classes at the Olafstrasse location in Dankersen and 120 children will attend four classes at the Königswall location. 36 children are taught in two integration classes within the framework of integrative pedagogy in the school experiment joint teaching in lower secondary level together with 12 disabled children. The teachers are supported by special school teachers in order to enable differentiated teaching according to special support plans and with individualized learning goals.
history
Foundation of the school
The then unnamed municipal comprehensive school was founded in 1986 by a resolution of the city council of Minden and started operations on September 8, 1986 with the school year 1986/87. In the run-up to the foundation, there was an intense political dispute in the city of Minden.
Comprehensive schools were founded in many cities in North Rhine-Westphalia as early as the second half of the 1970s. In Minden, therefore, an initiative was formed that campaigned for the establishment of such a school in this city as well. In 1982 the initiative was taken up by the SPD and the Greens, but initially not pursued with vigor. When it became clear in 1985 that the then Caroline-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium could only be continued in a single run due to the significantly lower number of students, the provision of four high schools in the city of Minden no longer seemed justified. The establishment of a comprehensive school was considered in parts of the public and in politics. The school committee of the Minden Council then decided, against the votes of the CDU and FDP, to conduct a survey among the parents of the third and fourth grades of elementary school children at the time in order to examine the actual need for a comprehensive school. In the course of this survey, there was a violent and sometimes irrelevant confrontation between supporters and opponents of a comprehensive school in the public and the local press. The survey found that almost a third of parents would be in favor of starting a comprehensive school. The establishment of a comprehensive school was then promoted by the political bodies and the administration under the leadership of Mayor Heinz Röthemeier , school committee chairman Siegfried Fleissner and school director Werner Pohle . The former Königsplatz on Königswall was selected as a possible location, at that time the buildings of the Caroline-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium and the Käthe Kollwitz-Realschule were located there . Against this plan there was again widespread resistance in opposition politics and in parts of the public. The final founding resolution was finally passed by the city council with a large majority and also with the votes of the CDU and FDP. The Käthe-Kollwitz-Realschule was relocated to the district of Häverstädt , south of the city center, and the Caroline-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium was attached to the nearby Herder-Gymnasium . The city of Minden anticipated costs totaling 12.5 million DM for the expansion and renovation measures in the school buildings on the former Königsplatz. The school operation with 159 students and 14 teachers had to start in September 1986 in a temporary arrangement. The first headmaster was Johannes Lennarz, his deputy was Heinz Klatt. In June 1988 the first new building between the two former schools was inaugurated, where new classrooms, a connecting corridor, a media library and the cafeteria were newly built. In the mid-1990s, new rooms for science classes and computer science , as well as home economics, were created on Pöttcherstraße in the old structure for 3.5 million DM .
Naming
After it was founded, the comprehensive school initially bore the simple designation "Municipal Comprehensive School", but soon there was a discussion in the school community and in politics about an identity-creating name. After all sorts of suggestions, the school conference and the main committee of the city of Minden finally decided in the spring of 1989 on the name "Kurt-Tucholsky-Gesamtschule der Stadt Minden". The school was named after the politically committed and important publicist , satirist , author, poet and songwriter of the Weimar Republic Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935).
Discussion about the location and redesign
Most of the buildings in the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School are in poor condition. The building also has significant defects in the building structure that no longer do justice to modern school operations. That is why there were repeated discussions in politics and the public about major new construction and renovation measures and also about relocations. The comprehensive school development planning of the city of Minden, which began in autumn 2001, provides for the permanent provision of a secondary school (at least secondary level I) in the city area to the right of the Weser in a fundamental decision of the council. The local secondary school was terminated by the city council in 2007. In the run-up to this decision, there were lively discussions in politics and the public about the relocation of a secondary school I and II from the left bank of the Weser to the right bank of the Weser. A relocation of the Besselgymnasium and a relocation of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School were up for discussion. The establishment of a new comprehensive school was also discussed. Relocation of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School or the Besselgymnasium failed because of resistance from school members and parents, but also because of political concerns that the establishment of another comprehensive school was not feasible in terms of state politics. Politics and administration came under increasing public pressure due to the extensive renovation backlog at the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School. The Minden Council then decided to extensively renovate and optimize the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School at its location on Königswall. The costs for these construction measures, which include the new construction of the cafeteria, the construction of modern classrooms for the years five and six and extensive dismantling and renovation measures, should total over 10 million euros. The construction project is partially financed by a so-called rent-purchase model with the city's own Minden Development and Economic Development Corporation. In autumn 2007 the topping-out ceremony for the new cafeteria was celebrated. The new construction of the cafeteria, the administration wing and the classrooms are to be put into operation in the 2008/2009 school year. With the redesign of the school building, the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School also has a new educational concept. The redesign is intended to reduce the usable area of the building by almost 2,000 square meters (12 percent), while the usable pedagogical area is to be increased by 16 percent. As early as autumn 2002, the main committee of the City Council of Minden passed the fundamental decision for a concept for inner-city sports halls. This concept provides for the construction of a sports hall with three hall units without a grandstand and a sports hall with two hall units and a grandstand on the grounds of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School. The construction costs were estimated at a total of 5.3 million euros. The triple sports hall was completed in 2005 and the existing double sports hall on Parkstrasse was demolished in summer 2007. The new double sports hall with grandstand will be opened in the 2008/2009 school year. In addition to the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School, the halls are also used by the nearby Ratsgymnasium and for club sports.
Dependance in Minden-Dankersen
After the discussion about the location of a secondary school on the right bank of the Weser, the Education Committee and the City Council decided in 2006 to expand the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School to include a secondary school branch with three classes per year. The existing secondary school in Dankersen was selected as the location. This school will be closed for the 2008/2009 school year and the classes that will still exist will be integrated into the Minden Süd secondary school. These resolutions were approved by the Detmold district government in spring 2007. Above all, there was resistance from the secondary and secondary schools in Minden, as they see their existence threatened by an expansion of the comprehensive school. The buildings of the Dankersen secondary school are being refurbished and expanded for all-day operation; the new construction and conversion costs will total around 5.5 million euros. The branch on the right side of the Weser is run as a district school with its own pedagogical concept, which is developed in cooperation with the local elementary schools and day-care centers. For each year, there are plans to focus classes on artistic, sporting and bilingual support for the students. The Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School in Königswall will continue to be run as a school with six classes per year. As before, the upper level of the comprehensive school will be held centrally on Königswall for the pupils of the branch and for the pupils of the Königswall location. The number of pupils at the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School will increase significantly in the medium term as a result of the new establishment of the branch. With this measure, however, the registration numbers and the parents' will of the last few years are taken into account, since up to now significantly more students have been registered at the comprehensive school than could ultimately be accepted.
Support association
In 1987 a support association was founded at the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School , which currently has around 400 members. The aims of the association are: to promote the educational and teaching objectives of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School, to support students in special financial emergencies and to promote the bond between former students and the school. The association publishes the parenting information brochure "Tucho-Spezial" and awards the "Peter Panter Prize" at irregular intervals for outstanding commitment to the good of the school. The prize is named after a pseudonym that Kurt Tucholsky often used for his works.
- 1998 - The Peter Panter Prize was awarded to Anna Dietrich and Stefanie Möller for the first time. They received the prize "for moral courage, creative nonconformity and constructive rebellion".
- 1999 - the award went to Jana Bonn and Karsten Geier "for social commitment in many different areas of school life".
- 2000 - the winners were all mediators and school medical services of the Kurt-Tucholsky Comprehensive School.
- 2005 - Thea Langner-Berg and Bernd Brüntrup received the Peter Panter Prize 2005 for their many years of creative and constructive commitment and for his long-term, critical and school-political commitment.
Cafeteria club
All-day classes have been taking place since the comprehensive school was founded in 1986, so the pupils also have to have lunch. For this purpose, a cafeteria association was founded at the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School, which takes on this task on its own responsibility. The association also operates a kiosk to supply school members during breaks. In 2007 and 2008, a new cafeteria for up to 300 places and a kitchen with a capacity of up to 1,800 meals a day will be built on the site of the demolished double auditorium on Königswall. Due to the increased demand for lunch in other schools in Minden, the cafeteria association now supplies further educational institutions and day-care centers.
Tucholsky stage
The Tucholsky Stage was founded in 1996 by Eduard Schynol as an amateur theater . Eduard Schynol has been teaching German, English and social studies at the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School since 1990 and is active and well-known in the Minden art and culture scene. Around 70 people take part in the Tucholsky Stage, made up of teachers, students, alumni, people close to the school and other people. In 2007 Eduard Schynol was awarded the Minden Citizens' Prize for his cultural commitment at the Tucholsky Stage. In the past few years, the Tucholsky Stage has repeatedly opened up unusual venues for its plays, including a. the tunnels of the Kleinenbremen mining museum for Die Nibelungen in 2006, the Botanical Garden in Minden for Harold and Maude in 2007, or the Prussia Museum for Der Hauptmann von Köpenick in 2008. In the meantime, the Tucholsky Stage has become a registered association, who in spring 2008 took over Fort A of the former Minden station fortress from the city of Minden as a permanent venue.
Sports at the comprehensive school
Since the comprehensive school was founded in 1986, sport has been seen as an important part of the school program. Due to the circumstances in Minden and the commitment of Achim Riemekasten in particular, canoeing has established itself as the mainstay of the sports activities of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School. A school-internal sports initiative has become a very large sports club under the name Kanu-Sport-Gemeinschaft (KSG), which, thanks to voluntary commitment and support from the city, now has a comfortable clubhouse and boathouse on Minden's Weser promenade. As a further mainstay and now the mainstay of the club, the dragon boat sport established itself from the end of the 1990s . With the Minden Weserdrachen Cup as a major water sports event with more than 10,000 visitors and other regattas, the KSG makes a decisive contribution to the reputation of the city of Minden as the center of water sports in northern Germany. In addition to canoeing, volleyball , among other things, is also very successfully practiced in working groups and in training and competition missions that go beyond pure school sport .
Former handball professional Malik Besirevic (player with over 250 Bundesliga appearances and an important figure in Minden) leads handball projects at KTG Minden.
School partnerships
The Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School has had a school partnership with School No. 15 in Grodno, Belarus, since 1991 . There are regular aid transports to the region and the exchange of students from both schools. Due to the tense political relations between the European Union and the autocratic regime of Belarus , cooperation is not always easy. In 2001, the partnership agreement was renewed by the then Mayor of Minden Reinhard Korte and the headmasters Dieter Stuke (Minden) and Sergej Novikov (Grodno) in the Minden town hall.
Web links
Individual evidence
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