Prague 5 addresses the lack of school capacity in Košíře
06/17/2022 9:13:00 AM
The Five City Hall has a short-term and long-term solution to ensure sufficient capacity of primary schools in Košíře.
In the short-term variant, it is a building of the former kindergarten Poštovka and then a cultural center. This interim solution will begin on September 1, 2022.
“We have instructed our Department of Investment Preparation and Implementation to start working immediately to ensure the construction of a new school. Part of the solution to school capacities in this locality is the reconstruction of the former Poštovka cultural house, which will be ready for pupils from the new school year this September, ”says Renáta Zajíčková (ODS), mayor of Prague 5.
Due to the massive construction in previous years without adequate provision of school capacities, primary schools in the Košíř area have reached the limit of the possibility of placing local children in the first grades.
The current management of the town hall therefore came up with a temporary and long-term solution to the situation. Current needs will be ensured by the reconstruction of the former Poštovka cultural center, where two classrooms, a dining room and a lunch service will be renovated during the summer. The building is located in a quiet garden, which will be fully available. This will create a separate workplace at the Nepomucká primary school from 1 September 2022.
The Prague 5 City Council has formally started the construction of a new school for the Košíře area. The long-term solution will ensure the construction of a new school in the locality V Cibulkách – Na Výši, where the need for school capacity is greatest. An architectural study is currently available and presented to the public. The 1st degree pavilion with the possibility of extension by the 2nd degree pavilion will be built on the onule hill in the school complex of the special school in Na Výši Street. The first pupils are expected from September 1, 2026.
“We managed to convince the capital, which changed the necessary land, and we are doing everything we can to start the construction of a new school as soon as possible. I believe that in four years we will be handing over a new and modern school to fresh freshmen in Košíře, ”adds Mayor Zajíčková.