On the eve of the start of the school year, Christian Chambon, education assistant at the town hall of Alès and principal of the JBD college in Salindres, shares his optimism for the end of the school year. Despite the context.
A serene but constrained return to school. This will be the lot of many school leaders, this Monday, April 26. Primary school students will return to school with a strict health protocol.
Middle and high school students will continue a week of distance learning, before returning on May 3. Elected Alesian for education, Christian Chambon, also principal of the college Jean-Baptiste-Dumas, in Salindres, takes stock.
1. Strict protocol in schools
Regarding hospitality and catering, the local declines national guidelines. “We apply the rules as they are defined, with shelving, precise groupings”, indicates Christian Chambon. The restoration time will be particularly monitored. “This is the moment when the students take off their masks”, recalls the principal. Wearing a mask from 6 years old, reinforced barrier gestures and hourly ventilation are still required.
2. No saliva tests (yet)
Saliva tests in elementary schools are not for now. “We know how to do it, but for the moment nothing is fixed, mentions Christian Chambon. it can be put in place very quickly, on a voluntary basis, on the part of teachers or staff. If we have to implement it, it will be in the city of Alès, but not before the beginning of May. “ The classes will close from the first positive case detected. Which then raises questions about the educational follow-up of the students …
Self-tests in high schools are not on the agenda either. “Each school is sovereign on this subject”, let know the principal of JBD. This nasal screening, simpler and lighter than PCR tests, delivers a result in 15 minutes.
3. Examinations: show “benevolence”
The end of the year arrives and generates a form of logical worry in a certain number of pupils. It should be remembered that the patent and baccalaureate exams (in continuous assessment and grand oral) are maintained. “It will be necessary to show benevolence for the certificate of the colleges, considers Christian Chambon. It is not the major contest of their student life. It is preparatory for what the students will experience in the future. “
In high school also, the elected to education calls for a certain form of leniency. “This generation of high school students will have experienced something atypical and completely new in the history of education. This must also be taken into account.”
4. A cost, but savings
Knowing that his students wash their hands “at least eight times a day”, the Jean-Baptiste-Dumas college has estimated the cost of its gel and mask supplies at € 5,000 for a year. A certain cost, to be highlighted with the savings made by the establishment.
“We have no trips, no outings, laments the principal of JBD. What saddens me is that culturally and academically, it is undeniably a year of considerable reduction in opportunities. I hope that there will remain something else of what we are going through, a certain awakening to common sense. What have we built together? If there is one place where sharing and listening to others is built, it is at school. “
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