Mayor Piotr Roman informed councillors about his plans during a City Council session. “We met with Piarist fathers from Kraków,” Roman said. “I intend to establish a Catholic school in Bolesławiec. We would like it to be an institution providing education at all levels: primary school, lower-secondary school and upper-secondary school.”
Teachers from Bolesławiec and the surrounding area would teach at the school. The institution would be free of charge. “The only difference is that the Teachers’ Charter would not apply there,” the mayor explained. “The school principal would part ways with a teacher who failed to meet the requirements. I know this is the dream of many heads of educational institutions in Bolesławiec and elsewhere. The Teachers’ Charter currently holds back the development of education.”
Mirosław Sakowski, head of the Civic Platform councillors’ group, asked Roman whether he was not concerned that the Catholic school would compete with municipal schools, which could cause some teachers to lose their jobs. “I am not concerned,” the mayor replied. “On the contrary, I am very pleased. We must ensure pluralism and give parents a choice. It is not the case that only people with strictly Catholic views want their children to study at such a school. During the Polish People’s Republic, the son of a Polish United Workers’ Party official studied at the Piarist fathers’ school. Even Polish United Workers’ Party officials believed that such a school provided an excellent education.”
If everything goes according to plan, the school could open in September 2013.
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