It is a very unusual measure that Wolfgang Waxenegger took last week. Linz’s school principal ordered copy paper for the next two school years. The reason? The threat of price increases in the paper market.
At the technical school of the Oblates in Linz-Urfahr, about 100,000 sheets of paper are needed every year for copies. Since the school has been a higher education institution for social care and nursing since this school year, the number of students will increase – 160 from the autumn – and with it the number of copies and of course the costs.
Two euro pallets full
“Of course the copy paper is a cost in our school,” says school director Wolfgang Waxenegger. And hearing some time ago that the price of paper would rise to 50 percent, he acted, “Because we’re a private school, we can respond faster and more flexibly than federal schools.” So Waxenegger ordered 200,000 copies of copy paper from his paper dealer, which is two Euro pallets full.
500 euros saved per pallet
“We have saved about 500 euros per pallet and will be delivered until 2023,” says Waxenegger. The large order was not without consequences, because 800 boxes full of copy paper are now piled up in the school building. For the school principal, the campaign also makes sense for another reason.
Saving in all areas
“Of course the current wave of inflation is also affecting my school in many areas. But I don’t want to pass the extra costs on to the parents of the students. We are a private school, you have to pay tuition fees. But so that as many people as possible can afford to go to school, we don’t want to ask for more,” Waxenegger tells the “Krone”. Currently, between 100 and 115 euros (depending on the type of school) is paid to the oblates every month. So one must manage well and save where possible in all areas.
Another example shows how scarce and expensive paper is today. “I’ve ordered reference forms, they usually arrive within a few days, but this time it took three months,” Waxenegger says.
Source: Krone
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