The traffic around the Michaelschule has been increasing for many years. These are often parents who bring their children to the Bickener school and pick them up again.
The school management counts the most frequent violations of parking in the no-parking zone and disregarding speed limits. Although these people had been approached by other parents, teachers, and the municipal security service about their offenses, these appeals were largely ineffective.
A project group is now trying to defuse the situation. The "traffic tamers" program is being launched for this purpose. In the first step, all children were given a reflective safety vest so that they can be seen by all road users, especially in the darker half of the year. They should wear the vests and come to the school gates without a car. To motivate the children to wear the vests, each child collects a star for their class when they wear the vests. If the number of stars collected is set, a joint reward is given, which the children can determine themselves.
Most of the children already do this in the first week: More than 360 of the 413 boys and girls walked to school last Thursday and wore safety vests on their way.
Interested parents are trained by the police so that they can support all children on their way to school. A project week in the current school year will deal with ideas and opportunities for education about mobility.
All children who move before the start of the class have a big advantage because they arrive at school more alert. The first need for communication and exercise is satisfied by the way to school and these children can get involved in learning much better.
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