Skoledebatten in Stange – Hamar Arbeiderblad

It goes against a named skolevinter in Stange, after rådmannen earlier this week sent out its høringsdokument about new skolestruktur in the municipality. Høringsfristen is in February, and during January it is important to keep grendemøter in which the affected communities should get to say their opinion. It is in Romedal and Stange ungdomsskolekretser the proposed structural changes, especially in Romedal. Ottestad is except on this occasion.

It is particularly the three grip rådmannen adds up to in the document. 1. The merging of the two school children from, added Stange. 2. The merging of the Espa and Environment schools added to the Environment. 3. The merging of Breidablikk, Solvin and Åsbygda schools added to the current Romedal middle school. An almost identical proposal was put forward in a working paper from rådmannen front budsjettbehandlingen in the fall of 2012, and there was debate about this in the note that led to a decision to investigate the skolestrukturen.

Without that it is said directly in the rådmannens the consultation document, is a lot about “the problem Romedal”. The annual stock-taking exercise for the schools in Stange has for many years expressed concern over the large differences in the results for the three ungdomsskolekretsene. Romedal has lagged behind. The annual tests show it. Liberal party, Erik Ringnes took the issue up in a interpellasjon in the municipal council 29. in april 2009, and showed that ca. 60 per cent of the pupils from the Stange and Ottestad seeking a minor, while the number for Romedal under 30. This may certainly have something with skolestrukturen to do, it was suggested when utredningsarbeidet started. The schools are small, some not fulldelte, and the impact this may have on the ability to provide good educational resources. Søkerlistene to vacant positions in the schools are many times longer in Ottestad than in Romedal.

the Study also shows that Stange has 6.000 m2 more skolelokaler than a strictly need. This is enough to accommodate 450 more students. Tangen school was built out for a short time since, with enough space to fill up with students from Espa. Then add in that case the Stange down one of the newest schools in hedmark county. It was built for the money from the state when Stenby school was lying too close to the new E6.