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Last Friday marked the official inauguration of the modern Lycée Edward Steichen in Clervaux;

Voted on in the Chamber of Deputies in January 2013, work began on the project two years later in May 2015. Whilst the school has been operational since the beginning of the 2018 school year, the official inauguration, led by François Bausch, Minister of Mobility and Public Works, and Claude Meisch, Minister of National Education, Childhood and Youth, took place on 21 June 2019.

Following the destruction and decontamination of the old industrial buildings located in the field, construction began on the new school complex. In the face of a high risk of flooding, it was necessary to install the buildings at levels higher than the 100-year flood and, after hydraulic studies, the railway bridge was replaced. All these measures carried out in the context of the construction site of the school thus formed part of the Clervaux transversal project.

In addition to its location next to the Clervaux train and bus stations, there are plans to connect a network of cycle paths with the school.

The main goal of the urban design concept, according to which the school construction project was carried out, was the perfect integration of the buildings into their natural and urban environment. Moreover, the school benefits from a low-energy energy concept, which is characterised by the optimisation of the thermal performance of the building or the use of the thermal mass of the structure, as well as a minimum of technical installations adapted to the needs of the building. The highly efficient building also benefits from two wood boilers and a water recovery system.

The secondary school offers the lower and upper classes of classical secondary education, lower classes of general secondary education and classes of European secondary education. The school's educational concept favours the development of specific 21st century skills (innovation, information, media, technologies, etc.), as well as transferable skills (creativity, entrepreneurship, etc.) in order to prepare young people to adapt to the acceleration of change.

"Our economy is already digital, our society is becoming more and more so everyday," said Minister Claude Meisch. "The Lycée Edward will play its full role in this development by launching a long-term digital skills development programme".

The total budget voted for the transformation is €75,450,000.