Overview

• Speaking on SWR’s Zur Sache!, Richard Arnold (CDU), the city’s mayor since 2009, outlined a plan to reintroduce student participation in classroom cleaning.
• He said Schwäbisch Gmünd spends about €4.5 million annually on cleaning for schools, day-care centers and other public buildings.
• Arnold argued the change would ease pressure on the municipal budget and restore a measure of responsibility to students and teachers.
• He noted that pupils previously wiped blackboards and swept school floors at the end of the week.
• The proposal remains a public suggestion with no announced policy steps or documented responses from schools, unions or higher authorities.