Hi All
Moving from one Gemeinde to the other Gemeinde put me in front of a challenge.
My child was required to stop doing the music courses at the previous school from the old Gemeinde and obliged to be moved to the music school of the new Gemeinde. Initially we got a kind of 1-year exception but now the new music school refuses to give us another exception.

Given the good relationship of my child with the previous teacher, my child refuses to go to the new school. So, now, no music school at all. Which is a sad decision, but i cant force this decision and I am somehow between hammer and anvil.

However, i have been told by another parent that i could beg the new school for a long term exception. But this info is not official or written somewhere so is like a kind of word of mouth. BTW: the child is still in the previous regular school(Volkschule)

Does any of you faced such a situation and what was your approach(of course if you want to share it) ?
Thank you

I'm not sure I understood correctly, you live in the new Gemeinde but your son still attends the old school, in the Gemeinde you moved from?



I would encourage him to give a chance to the new teacher too, whoever that is. Attachments like these are touching, however - life is about changes. How does he know he won't like the new teachers as well?

I don't really understand what "music school" is - I'm guessing extra-curricular music lessons that are free?? Why don't you see if the teacher offers private lessons and pay for your kid to go to them?

Not free but subsidized by the Gemeinde. This is why they are typically only for Gemeinde residents.

And yes, for music lessons, if you have a teacher that works, it is not an easy decision to switch to a new one. I would talk to your old Gemeinde music school and see if you can pay a higher, non-resident rate. Or talk to your new Gemeinde and see if they would subsidize your kid's old Gemeinde music school to have your child be able to continue there.

Or talk to the music teacher and see if you can get a private arrangement set up that doesn't go through the Gemeinde. In our Gemeinde music school, the teachers normally work with a few different schools.

This. Plus it can be good and interesting for the student to change the teacher, a big part in music is artistic and different influences are enriching. Maybe your child can see it from that perspective too.

Why would that be the decision of the new music-school? Do they have to pay the old Gemeinde for it?!
If your child still visits school in the old Gemeinde (until the school-year changes, I guess?) why would it have to change any other classes separately? I'm looking for the logic in this.

Why free? You register your kid the music school and pay money to the bank account of Gemeinde, the same as you pay for Hort. The lessons are usually somewhat cheaper than normal private lessons and you also get reduction for an exam fee.

I'm not sure that the teachers from the music school also teach privately, as they are usually very busy.

Ever talked to the teacher? Teachers are human beings with legs and feet, not roots. You may be fighting a battle for the kid to stay in that precise school and the teacher may just leave for a while for a sabbatical, family reasons, personal reasons....whatever.

An even bigger part is keeping the child motivated. Getting on with your teacher is critical at this age; save that Pollyanna attitude for when the kid is older.

No, it is the so-called "Konservatorium " they are not free and i have to pay an amount which is now lower because the Gemeinde where i live is sponsoring it. Currently the money paid out of the pocket for the current course is 44%. The rest is coming from the Gemeinde.

Well, I had to google (duckduck) Pollyanna attitude and must say, I'm all for it, as early as possible. It sure got me through the worst time of my life (my childhood) not ever having hear about it.

Unless of course you are a miserable fb/instagram/what-ever ranter and want to make sure your child becomes the same.
Life is all about taking what's there and make the most of it.

I'm glad the OP appreciated the idea, even if it might not be the solution with the present problem.

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It's all a matter or perspective.
So move your butt and look at it from the other side

Not all do that and besides (in my experience) there's always a pita to fit music lessons and all other..lessons into child's schedule.
So in a way I totally get OP's issue - once you found a convenient arrangement, from all povs, you tend to stick to it.

One of those occasions when you see the benefits of paying higher taxes in some places.