The new, ultra-modern ele­men­tary school on Gru­sche­weg in Neu­en­ha­gen has been in ope­ra­tion since Sep­tem­ber 2, 2024. The buil­ding was offi­ci­ally han­ded over to its new users on Sep­tem­ber 6. 

“Few peo­ple thought it was pos­si­ble, but we han­ded over our new ele­men­tary school to the child­ren on time for the start of the school year after less than two years of con­s­truc­tion,” says Mayor Ans­gar Scharnke, deligh­ted with the com­ple­ted con­s­truc­tion pro­ject, which is con­side­red the lar­gest invest­ment in the history of the municipality.

The school sets new stan­dards with its inno­va­tive design and state-of-the-art faci­li­ties. The cam­pus com­pri­ses an ele­men­tary school with 18 class­rooms, sci­ence, music and art rooms as well as spa­cious com­mon areas. The first floor hou­ses the school admi­nis­tra­tion, a can­teen for 180 peo­ple, a library and tech­ni­cal rooms. A sin­gle-storey after-school care cen­ter with 14 child­care rooms and crea­tive play areas was also built. A three-field sports hall and a modern ath­le­tics faci­lity com­plete the school grounds. 

“We made the right choice with the decis­ion to out­source plan­ning and con­s­truc­tion. This modern school will offer many young Neu­en­ha­ge­ners opti­mal start­ing con­di­ti­ons for their school life,” con­tin­ued Mayor Scharnke.

After the detailed spee­ches of thanks from those invol­ved in the pro­ject, pro­ject mana­ger Frank Led­der­boge, tog­e­ther with Mayor Ans­gar Scharnke and repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the school and after-school care cen­ter manage­ment, cere­mo­niously cut the ope­ning rib­bon in kee­ping with tra­di­tion. AUGUST REINERS wis­hes the future users good luck and enjoy­ment of the new Gru­sche­weg school campus.