Campus Risbergska was a school and a workplace for 2,677 students and around 200 employees. A hub for adults of all ages from 18 to 70 years old.
Now the school is a crime scene and Örebro municipality can, just a week after the fatal shooting, not provide an answer as to when the activities can resume. But it will take weeks, maybe months, before the premises – theoretically – can be put into use.
Sensitive work
The day the municipality's personnel gain access, a heavy and sensitive task awaits, involving collecting all personal belongings left in the chaos and planning for renovation, explains municipal director Peter Larsson.
But it's not actually the local issue that's the most critical for resuming education. First and foremost, our educators must be in a state to cope and be able to carry out the education, he says.
Other premises
Crisis support is thus priority one, while the local issue can be solved in one way or another for the time being.
We have other premises, and we also have, which I'm very glad about, a strong commitment in our city. Private property owners and companies have turned to us and said "let us know if you need premises".
The question many are likely to ask is whether Risbergska can ever become a school again.
It's clear that we understand the feeling of not being able to return. It's a completely natural reaction. We still have the intention of reopening the school, at some point. Then we'll have to assess and see if that intention needs to change, says Peter Larsson.
