Private School Teachers Underpaid

Robbery at the Zurich International School

The Zurich police surprised four teachers of the Zurich International School on Tuesday evening, quarrelling over a sum of 35’000 CHF in a van parked near the Thalwil Bahnhof. The money was stolen earlier that evening, from the unsecured school safe at the Wädenswil campus. This campus is reserved for grades one to five and seems to be a calm and quiet place on the surface. What lies beneath this façade, however, is the bitter hostility between the teachers and the administration of the school. Teachers are paid a shockingly low salary, compared to the average income of public school teachers, despite the high school fees and besides the fact that attending to a wealthy and demanding student population takes a lot more patience and stamina. No wonder that the teachers were frustrated: They do the work and the administration collects the cash. Running away with it did not help four members of the staff this week. Had they planned better, they could have avoided a major scandal for the school.