Overview
- A security firm is posted in the Frauenhofschule stairwells after an inspection found a railing at 103 centimeters instead of the 110-centimeter standard.
- Twelve guards rotate at posts inside the staircases, and the city reports about €13,700 gross per week in costs.
- Officials expect the measure to stay in place for roughly two to four weeks and plan an on-site meeting to choose a structural fix.
- The requirement comes from Hesse rules and a nationwide school building guideline from 2009 that sets a 1.10-meter railing height for schools.
- Acting headmistress Solmaz Heidlindemann says the century-old railing has had no known accidents and calls the spending wasteful, noting guards now sit on children’s chairs in the halls.