European School, Luxembourg I

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The European School of Luxembourg was the first of the European Schools. It was founded in October 1953 on the initiative of officials of the European Coal and Steel Community, with the support of the Community's institutions and the government of Luxembourg. In April 1957, it formally became the first of the European Schools. Today it is located on the Kirchberg-Plateau in Luxembourg (city).

As of October 12, 2003, the student population of the European School, Luxembourg was 3802 — of which 440 were in the nursery school, 1414 in the primary school and 1948 in the secondary school. It is currently the largest school in Luxembourg and the single largest of all the European Schools.

1 History of the campus
- 1.1 Boulevard de la Foire
- 1.2 Kirchberg
2 Luxembourg II
3 Criticisms
4 External links

[edit] History of the campus

[edit] Boulevard de la Foire

When the school was founded, it was located in a building on Boulevard de la Foire, in the centre of town. Later, the school moved to a new site on the Kirchberg-Plateau. During the late 80s, the school re-used the building at Boulevard de la Foire, as an overflow school for three age groups of the primary school. Since the end of the 1990s, the old building at Boulevard de la Foire is no longer used by the European School.

[edit] Kirchberg

At the end of the 1990s, the campus on Kirchberg was completely redesigned. Old buildings were demolished and new ones, e.g. a new primary school building, an extension of the secondary school building and a new theatre building, were erected, though 3 blocks of the old Secondary school were left standing; A, B and C block. More recently, as proof of the schools struggle to keep up with its high demand, a temporary steel structure was erected and will remain until the completion of Luxembourg II.

[edit] Luxembourg II

There are plans to build a second European School in the Communes of Bertrange-Mamer. The second school is already formally established and is located in provisional building next to the first school on the Kirchberg Plateau ("Village Pédagogique"). These buildings are used for overflow, since the current school buildings, even when built, can not hold the large number of students.

[edit] Criticisms

The European school is widely regarded as providing an excellent educational service, though its large intake of students and inadequate facilities have been criticised in the past. It is thought that the Luxembourg II extension will help this and hence it is desperately needed. However, confusion between both the European Commission and the Luxembourg government has the led this project to be delayed for some 25 years, considering the first plans for Luxembourg II were thought up during the mid 70's. Some more realistic people predict that even Lux II wont have enough resources to cope with the influx of students due to the expansion of the European Union. The recent plans for a fourth Brussels European School offer some evidence to this proposal.