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The proposal, which was commissioned by the Board of Education, sparked strong reactions when it was presented in August this year.
To counteract school segregation, the school administration wanted to close the secondary and upper school in Kronan and completely close the Frälsegårdsskolan, both in the vulnerable area of Kronogården.
The Velanda School, a small school located in a residential area, would also be closed under the proposal. Instead, the students would be distributed among other schools in the municipality.
The purpose was said to be Ensuring that “more students with unfavorable socio-economic backgrounds and students of foreign origin get an education where more peers have Swedish as their mother tongue, helping more students achieve their goals in school.”
Shortly after the presentation of the proposal, several protest lists were started.
– If it’s about integration, why don’t they close the schools in the city and let those students come here instead? Asked Anas Mohammed, 18, who along with others from the Kronogården area had started a collection of names to save middle and high school in Kronan.
In connection with a joint press conference, representatives of the red-green majority say the Velanda school will remain, but Frälsegårdsskolan and parts of Kronan will still be closed.
Most of the students in these schools have foreign-born parents and the level of education in the area is generally lower. Beginning in the fall term of next year, students will be bussed to five other schools in the city.
In a press release he wrote the ruling red-green majority that drastic measures are needed to address school segregation.
– To create a more equitable and safe Trollhättan, more preventive efforts are required and the best way is to invest in the school. Therefore, we are prepared to make changes that will benefit all current Trollhätte residents, but also future Trollhätte residents, who will be able to live in a society that defends all people, says Sofia Andersson Dharsani (S), chair of the Trollhätte committee. education in Trollhättan, in the press release.
As DN has previously written, similar attempts have been made in other municipalities, with varying results. In Nyköping, for example, the municipality merged the four municipal upper secondary schools into one centrally located school that opened in 2014.
– Segregation of municipal schools at the upper secondary level immediately ceased and never returned. It was a success. At the same time, segregation between municipal schools and independent schools worsened. The division became more acute, said Henrik Eriksson, then director of the township school.
The question of Trollhättan schools will be formally decided in the education committee, where the red-green government has the most votes, tomorrow Tuesday.
