{"id":3088,"date":"2020-05-21T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paarlskool.org.za\/?page_id=3088"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:18:11","slug":"background-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paarlskool.org.za\/af\/background-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Geskiedenis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3088\" class=\"elementor elementor-3088\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c7273cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c7273cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a575529\" data-id=\"7a575529\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570f539e elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"570f539e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"bl-breadcrumb\"><a class=\"item\" href=\"#\">Agtergrond <\/a><span class=\"item\">Geskiedenis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327cd9cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-heading\" data-id=\"327cd9cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"bp-element bp-element-heading  align-left layout-1\" >\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3562cb41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-text\" data-id=\"3562cb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Op 18 Julie 1978 is die eerste leerders by Paarl-skool toegelaat.<\/p>\n<p>Dit was die verwesenliking van \u2019n droom van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk rakende die versorging van serebraal gestremde leerders, wat reeds in 1957 begin het. \u2019n Huis in Paarl, sowel as 8,5 hektaar grond buite Paarl, is gedurende die 1960\u2019s aan die \u201cPaarlse Komitee vir Serebraal Gestremdes\u201d, \u2019n subkomitee van die Kerk se Maatskaplike Dienste Komitee, geskenk.<\/p>\n<p>Na jare se oorweging met die Departement van Nasionale Opvoeding, is die stigting van \u2019n skool vir serebraal gestremde leerders goedgekeur. Daar was egter sekere ooreenkomste wat bepaal het dat die skool nader aan \u2019n stedelike gebied moes wees, sodat gespesialiseerde personeel gewerf kon word, asook naby \u2019n goed toegeruste hospitaal \u2013 in hierdie geval die Tygerberg-hospitaal.<\/p>\n<p>In 1972 is grond in Brackenfell aangekoop vir die oprigting van die skool, en in Julie 1978 het Paarl Skool sy deure geopen. Aangesien die inisiatief en jare lange strewe om so \u2019n skool tot stand te bring uit persone in Paarl gekom het, is besluit om die skool Paarl Skool te noem.<\/p>\n<p>Die skool was oorspronklik beplan vir 165 leerders, en die koshuis kon tot 42 leerders akkommodeer. 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