Headmaster crisis: 14 schools in the district without management!

Headmaster crisis: 14 schools in the district without management!

In a worrying state, the schools are currently in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Mountains: according to Sächsische.de are 14 educational institutions in the region currently without officially deployed headmaster. These include a high school, four high schools and nine primary schools. Particularly alarming: For eleven of these schools, lengthy procedures for occupying management positions are already underway.

The situation does not become easier because the headmaster have laid down their offices in three institutions, which rewritten the positions. Not much is known about the reasons for these resignations; Headmaster can withdraw at any time without giving reasons. A concise example is the Heidenauer Pestalozzi-Gymnasium, which has been headed by Frank Clausnitz since last year until it moves to Sebnitz at the beginning of the school year 2024/25.

Problems with the new occupation

Of course, not only the continuity and stability are at risk, but also the quality of the lesson suffers from this lack of leadership. Tour schools in Sebnitz, Schmiedeberg and Freital-Potschappel are also vacant, while the position was rewritten at the Wilsdruffer high school after the school management resigned.

Scientists and educational experts warn that the head of the headmaster is not just a local phenomenon. According to reports from the mdr school authority and responsibility

Responsibility for most schools lies with the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Mountains district. The district office has the task of providing teaching and learning aids, IT infrastructure as well as technical support, as can be read on Landratsamt-pirna.de . In addition, the sub -school network plans that provide an overview of the entire school offer must be regularly revised. The last update took place in 2022, whereby adjustments to urgent needs are already possible.

The lack of school leaders has far -reaching consequences for the school system. This means that not only can they failure, but the entire school infrastructure is also weakened. The Saxon Teachers' Association calls for a reduction in the task burden for headmaster in order to create more incentives to apply for the management positions.

How to proceed? What is certain is that the school in the Saxon Switzerland-Easternzgebirge region urgently needs support in order to be up to the challenges of the future. Improving the framework conditions could be the key to tearing the helm around and stabilizing the leadership in schools.