SHOCK: City increases daycare fees – parents in PANIC!

SHOCK: City increases daycare fees – parents in PANIC!

A blaring ALARM BELL rings in the municipal administrations of Bietigheim-Bissingen! The city is planning a SENSATIONAL increase in daycare and school child care fees that could send parents into PANIC! The picture that is developing here is eerie and could have far-reaching consequences for the families.

The shocking plan makes ancestors pale and strikes like a bolt from the blue! According to the Bietigheimer Zeitung, the aim is to increase fees by a whopping 10% over the next FIVE years! These GRIM ADDITIONAL COSTS could bring in up to 509,000 euros from 2028! And the terrible thing about it? Hardly any possible cost increases were taken into account - with the exception of personnel costs until 2027! The expectation of a cost recovery rate of 10.8% by 2028 almost sounds like a bad joke!

The dramatic consequences for the families!

The numbers are frightening! Currently, 467 children attend primary school care until 2 p.m., while 83 children benefit from afternoon care until 5 p.m. and 165 children benefit from all-day care. But how long will these numbers last? Parents already struggling to make ends meet are under enormous pressure as the city plans to increase school child care fees in an unprecedented way - a tight budget is now even more at risk!

Another chapter in this adventurous saga is the planned SHORTTENING of core time care at schools, which was debated in the local council on the same day. Parents at the Anne Frank School are protesting against this radical decision because the 25-minute reduction in care represents a DISASTER SOLUTION! Parents' concerns are made known in massive letters addressed to the community. HAUSHAALTSLAAGE is looking for quick savings, but not at the family price!

The suicide mission of care!

The situation becomes even more dangerous because school childcare is considered a voluntary facility! The targeted cost coverage ratio of 60% is currently below 30%. Parents are therefore sitting on a wobbly chair! But hope is not lost - in a last desperate gesture, the head of the main office has signaled the possibility of changing the child care system in order to at least offer emergency care until 1:30 p.m.!

All of these measures make headlines and cause real chaos. The fee adjustments for school child care are aimed at €25 for core time, €45 for after-school care and €54 for the overall package - and that with a price increase of 7.5% that could SHOCK all parents.

Our NEWS about daycare and school childcare fees are not only causing unrest in Bietigheim-Bissingen! These developments are an alarm signal for many municipalities. As can already be read in the latest reports from Verwaltungsreform21, the question of transparent and fair calculation of fees remains a current issue. Parents who are surprised by unclear fees and how they are calculated are watching developments with concern!

How long can the parents withstand the pressure? The new fee schedule, which is based on the proposals of churches and local municipal associations, could soon be noted in the history books as the fateful turning point for families in our region.

The situation is coming to a head - and while the city looks for solutions, the question remains: Who will end up paying the most expensive bill?

One thing is for sure – we will continue to keep you updated on the latest developments in this harrowing story!

For more information read here: Bietigheim newspaper, CDU Waldbronn and Administrative reform21.