A little more than a week after the return from the Christmas holidays, the situation is still tense in the schools of Eure-et-Loir.
57 classes closed for lack of replacements in the schools of Eure-et-Loir
“In the first degree, 57 teachers are not replaced, this Tuesday, January 11, out of 79 absent, for all reasons”, figure Évelyne Mège, academic director of the national education services in Eure-et-Loir.
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The protocol does not authorize the mixing of students. “When there is no replacement, parents are warned that the children cannot be accommodated”, specifies the academic director.
Nearly 30% of Eurelian high school students absent
In public colleges, 21% of students were absent on Monday, according to the departmental services of National Education. This rate climbs to 28% in Eurelian high schools.
Michel de Dieu Okala, principal of the Fulbert high school in Chartres, explains:
“It’s a tsunami. We have to follow the contact cases, which is very difficult because there are so many of them. We went up to 567 absent students out of nearly 1,400 on Friday January 7. “
Michael of God Okala (Michel de Dieu Okala)
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The headteacher recognizes that this situation “disrupts the lessons”. The white bin was still maintained. “It’s a bit like the big bazaar. We have, on average, a third of absentees per class. The school calendar prevents us from postponing the white bac exams. You have to keep your back and wait for the wave to pass, ”said Michel de Dieu Okala, who has observed a decrease in absences since Monday.
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The announcements of the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, on the simplification of the health protocol in schools, Monday, on the 8 p.m. television news, on France 2, did not seem to appease the anger of the teaching unions.
A call to strike Thursday, January 13
Several unions or parents’ organizations (SNUipp-FSU, CGT, FO, Unsa, Sud solidaires and FCPE) call for mobilization, Thursday, January 13, in Eure-et-Loir, on the occasion of the national day of action in education.
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Céline Prier-Chéron, departmental co-secretary of SNUipp-FSU 28 and director of the Henri-IV nursery school, in Chartres, denounces:
“It is again through the media that we learn yet another reduction in the protocol to be implemented at the end of 8 pm and while contamination is increasing exponentially. There is no consideration of the reality of the school. “
Céline Pray-Chéron (departmental co-secretary of SNUipp-FSU 28 and director of the Henri IV nursery school, in Chartres)
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Privileged self-tests
When a child is declared positive, the other students in the class can now perform a self-test, repeated two days and then four days later, against an antigen test or PCR then two self-tests, in the previous protocol. “Now, the problem will be to obtain the self-tests”, fears Céline Prier-Chéron.
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For her part, Marie Jaupitre, departmental secretary of the Unsa 28 teachers’ union, wonders: “Is the government aiming at the fight against the epidemic or the management of the spread of the virus for collective immunity?” “According to her, one thing is clear:” If the objective of the executive was to reassure and reduce anger, it is clear that it makes it grow more and more. “
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Helene Bonnet
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