It Aventoer

News | May 23, 2025

Building together the new Children's Center for Langezwaag, Luxwoude and Jonkerslân

You must have heard something in the village about the arrival of a new school. We understand that there are questions: From "Where exactly will the school be" to "When will the school be ready?". We are happy to tell you about it.

A retrospective

The local interests of Langezwaag, Luxwoude and Jonkerslân have proposed De Boenders to the municipality as a preferred site for a new Children's Center. To realize this, cooperation is needed from the Provinsje Fryslân. With the support of Opsterland municipality, the Local Interests jointly sent a pressing letter to the deputy of the Provinsje Fryslân, requesting that the red contours be moved up for new school construction.
In the second half of 2024, administrative and official consultations took place between Provinsje Fryslân and the municipality on this matter. Provinsje Fryslân understands the need to look for a location outside the red contours for the school. For this, however, a location must be sought that is adjacent to the existing buildings. The exact location must at all times be fully and comprehensively substantiated according to the guidelines before the provinsje makes a final decision. This gave the green light for further exploration of De Boenders.

A call for input

The realization of an integral child center requires an integral approach in its preparation. Therefore, the municipality organized an environment table in which the parties who need something from the planning process sit around the table at an early stage. In addition to the authorities, Comprix and the school board, the three local interests, villagers and future users were also involved at an early stage in making the plans. An appeal was made in the villages by the local interests. There was a good response to this. There was a lot of interest among residents to think along. Therefore, it was decided to create a sounding board group. The sounding board group consisted of about twelve people from the villages of Langezwaag and Luxwoude in particular. Very nice that the involvement in the villages is so great. They made a good contribution.

The Environment Table

The following parties were represented at the Environment Table: the local interests of the three villages, a delegation of inhabitants, a delegation of team It Aventoer and Kinderwoud, the school board of Comprix, various advisors of the Municipality of Opsterland, Provinsje Fryslân, Wetterskip Fryslân, Sport Fryslân and other parties involved. At this Environment Table, governments have set the frameworks and defined the tasks and other stakeholders such as the users of the school, villagers and parents (a small delegation of the sounding board group) have thought along about how they want to use the school and the environment in practice. In the meetings, we worked to explore all wishes, opportunities, concerns and risks. This analysis led to a preferred location within De Boenders. This was worked out in a first rough sketch. 

Where are we now?

After two environmental tables (and several sounding board sessions in preparation for them), everyone is excited about the forest side, close to the sports fields. This is a beautiful and unique place for children to learn, play and grow up. A place where nature, sports and education come together in a natural way. Daily adventure in learning, playing and relaxing is literally on your doorstep here. Not only for students of the school, but also for our villagers. 

The municipality is now investigating the feasibility of the preferred location. These include looking at nature and biodiversity, traffic, soil, water, capacity on the energy grid and the financial picture.

As for the practicalities of the school environment; local interest works closely with villagers, sports and the school in this. 

The Comprix Foundation will soon start the design process of the building. The student council and participation council of It Aventoer are actively involved in this process, so that the building will soon fit in well with the wishes and ideas of the team, the children and the parents. In this process, each party has its own tasks, but we also arrange joint meetings to keep each other informed of the progress. 

The sequel

We will keep you informed of the next steps. What we want to realize together is much more than just a school building. It will be a central place in the village, where young and old can meet. A place for education, sports, nature, meeting and connection. A place we can all be proud of. We like to emphasize that we are really doing this project together. Although all parties involved individually take their own role, we especially want to stay connected. 

Walk-in meeting

We aim to hold a walk-in meeting for residents before summer where we will provide a glimpse into the plans that are in place and where residents can ask questions.

Learn more

Information about the developments of Kindcentrum It Aventoer and the reports of the various meetings can be found at www.opsterland.nl/itaventoer. In addition, we will continue to keep you informed through the websites of the Local Interests, 't Klaverbledsje and the app groups you are familiar with. Do you have questions or ideas? Feel free to let us know.