School staff were violently arrested by two parents of students who entered the establishment.
Tuesday, January 19, the staff as well as the director of the nursery school of the Porte du Miroir in Mulhouse were the target of a violent altercation and threats made by two parents of students who had managed to break into the school. inside the establishment. According to a press release from the Strasbourg academy, the two adults entered the school when they left school.
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The children who witnessed as well as the educational team are “very affected“, Reports the academy, adding that the latter”received the support of the district inspector and the school affairs assistant of the city of Mulhouse“. Momentarily closed after the events, the Porte du Miroir school reopened on Thursday, January 21. The reason for the assault is family, the parents in question having been the subject by the director of the establishment of a report for mistreatment of their child. An investigation has been opened.
Insults and death threats
The case allegedly broke out when the director of the establishment, also a teacher in the school, reported to the authorities an abuse of parents vis-à-vis one of her students, told the Figaro the prosecutor of the Republic of Mulhouse Edwige Roux-Morizot. The couple then went to the school where their son is attending school and threatened the teacher with death. Both parents were taken into custody but, the mother being several months pregnant, her condition was deemed incompatible with police custody.
The director of the establishment was assigned 5 days of Total Incapacity for Work (ITT) and the parents will appear before the Mulhouse criminal court in a few weeks for “contempt of an official in charge of a public service mission and death threats“. The couple faces a fine of around 7,500 euros and several months of imprisonment. “I believe that after what happened with Samuel Paty, it is facts that can lead to such consequences», Said the prosecutor.
«This school principal was in her role by reporting a case of abuse, she was doing her job», Reacted to the Figaro the mayor of Mulhouse Michèle Lutz. “No litigation justifies this violence. Some parents no longer respect the values of the Republic, yet we are at the school of the Republic. I therefore hope that there will be a sanction commensurate with what has happened, that justice gives a sign to the educational community with an exemplary sentence.», Added the elected.
“Some parents no longer see the limits”
«In a few weeks, there have been several reports of attacks by parents of students against teachers in the region. They denigrate the teachers and question their way of working, their pedagogy», Explains to Figaro SNUipp-FSU secretary Ghislaine Umhauer, stressing that the outrage at the Porte du Miroir school is part of a series of several similar facts against teachers in the region. “This is the third time that we are confronted with such scenes of violence on the part of certain parents of pupils towards teachers. Today, some parents allow themselves more and more, they no longer see the limits and feel a certain power as the ministry imposes a policy of ‘no waves’ on us.», She adds. Laure *, a primary school teacher in Mulhouse, is one of those teachers in the region who suffered, a few weeks ago, violence similar to that inflicted on the director of the nursery school at Porte du Miroir. “I was afraid to come back to work. My husband took me out every day, and in class I was in danger of breaking down in tears at any time. National Education, by dint of not supporting us in the face of certain parents of students, leads some parents to believe themselves to be all-powerful», Testifies the teacher.
The mayor of Mulhouse Michèle Lutz assured on Twitter to follow “up close this case“And posted his”unwavering support“To teaching staff in the face of”acts of violence that will never have their place in the school of the Republic“. The president of the Grand Est region, Jean Rottner, for his part, let know his “full support for teaching staff“, Adding that”republican authority must be exercised everywhere».
The Strasbourg Academy specifies that a listening and support unit for the staff of the Porte du Miroir school has been set up “with pedagogical advisers from the district, a Psy-En and a specialized school teacher“. Three members of the security team dependent on the academy also ensure surveillance of the establishment.
* The first name has been changed
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