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Director: missed opportunity
Many teachers and school principals in Bavaria understood the minister’s letter as a clear ban on distance learning and later canceled offers that had already been planned or even prepared. The letter contained a requirement that he could hardly ignore, the headmaster of an Upper Bavarian high school tweeted, for example, and was disappointed. “Bäm. Distance lessons are not planned for grades 5-9, just distribute materials. All preparations are free.” This is a “wasted opportunity to test on a large scale what works and where there is a problem.” Similar criticisms from other teachers can also be found on social media.
The “Families in Crisis” initiative also showed little understanding of the ministry’s approach. It’s “just a mystery” why committed teachers and willing students “just slow down here,” Tobias Oelbaum said of the initiative. Instead of taking lessons at home, students would have “now for free.” That will not reduce the number of contacts. “And only the Minister of Education Piazolo knows why one has the luxury of missing more school lessons.”
FDP: “Pleas, Bad Luck and Piazolo”
The FDP parliamentary group even called for Piazolo’s resignation. “Canceling distance education, which is even anchored in school rules, is a declaration of surrender,” said FDP education expert Marin Fischbach of the dpa. In the crisis of the crown, the weaknesses of the minister became very clear. In recent weeks, Piazolo’s chair has been shaken vigorously due to hygiene regulations that are constantly being overturned. The requirement for distance learning is “now the straw that makes the barrel overflow.” Piazolo must draw conclusions from this and free his place. The leader of the FDP parliamentary group, Martin Hagen, tweeted: “Bankruptcies, bad luck and Piazolo.”
Green Party leader Katharina Schulze complained: “This is not a laptop and leather pants, but just a worksheet and leather pants.” The parliamentary group’s education policy spokesman, Max Deisenhofer, had previously spoken of the minister’s surrender. The general secretary of the Bavarian SPD, Uli Grötsch, spoke of a “noisy watschn” for teachers, parents and students. First there were distance lessons, then there were no and now it’s: “Do what you want!” This is how he steals his responsibility and harms those for whose welfare he is responsible. The leader of the AfD parliamentary group, Ingo Hahn, criticized “Piazolo’s handling of the catastrophic crisis in the sharpest way possible.”
Söder admonishes Piazolo
In his declaration of government in the state parliament, Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) endorsed Piazolo. At the same time, however, he demanded that alternative and distance learning function smoothly in the new year. “My clear message: by January it must be clarified that there are no misunderstandings or problems in the alternate and distance lessons,” said Söder. “It is not easy to organize something in three days, but everything must be ready by January 10.” The head of government emphasized that he assumed that due to Corona there would still be class changes after January 10.
