Gesamtschule am Gluckenstein
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The is a Gesamtschule (comprehensive school
) in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
, Germany
.
The school has approximate 70 teachers and more than 800 students. In school year 2006/2007 the school time at the at the was reduced from nine to eight years
. So the students get their after twelve school years totally, not thirteen years more. But in school year 2008/2009 the school has decided to reintroduce the thirteen school years at the .
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
) in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The school has approximate 70 teachers and more than 800 students. In school year 2006/2007 the school time at the at the was reduced from nine to eight years
Abitur after twelve years
after twelve years, or in eight years describes the reduction from the duration in the from nine to eight school years in many of the States of Germany. In the States Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the reduction took place from seven to six years because, there, primary...
. So the students get their after twelve school years totally, not thirteen years more. But in school year 2008/2009 the school has decided to reintroduce the thirteen school years at the .