The project of the community of Adour-Madiran municipalities of moving schoolchildren (in this case from the middle courses of Lahitte to the Jean-Jaurès de Maubourguet boarding school), is worth the commitment of parents constituted in collective contrary to the project. With reasons expressed during a campaign carried out on the inter-municipal territory and up to the Vic. They stress that “the rural school can be a model, not because it is rural, but because the heterogeneity of its classes is a resource for the development of children and their civic education”. And to add: “In our small schools, teachers have a greater opportunity to pay attention to each student during and outside classes, to get to know them all better, to follow them better throughout their schooling, to better respect their own rhythms. “. With regard to the development of the territory and its vitality, the collective underlines: “The rural school is strongly inscribed in a territory and environment close to the children … The closure of a class or a rural school has repercussions on the possibilities of the municipality to retain or attract young families. ”Finally, they wonder about the importance of hosting elementary education classes in a secondary education institution:“ What is this type of project for? To save money or something else? “
They also indicate the lack of consultation. “The parents have not been consulted or kept informed of this important change … If this project of the CM of Lahitte transferred to the college is really carried out, these schoolchildren will no longer have any connection with the other children of the RPI, they will no longer benefit from the school project. which brings together all the classes, from CP to CM2 … We are told that this is an experiment without giving us any educational goal or project, so what is the real purpose of this experiment? “, So many questions that make the collective is on the ground of the protest.
