The start of the school year is already preparing in Seine-Saint-Denis

“But in reality, we tend to 14 or 15 students per class in many places,” recalls Caroline Marchand. The duplication of classes in the large kindergarten section, experienced in 33 classes located in REP + this year, will also be extended to 12 additional classes located mainly in the cities labeled “educational cities”: Aulnay-sous-Bois, Clichy-sous-Bois , Bondy, La Courneuve, Sevran.

In secondary, less than 24 students per class

In the second degree, parents have also mobilized in recent days, in particular at the Lavoisier college in Pantin, to denounce the abolition of four classes. “After a meeting with the academic administration, we finally managed to secure the retention of a sixth grade class. She also undertook to open another class if the numbers were too tight at the start of the school year ”, reports a father. For its part, the academic direction ensures that only one class will be deleted at the start of the school year.

If she is not yet able to say how many classes will be created throughout the department in the 2nd degree, nine class openings were in any case recorded during the CTSD of the 2nd degree this Friday. That of March had also ratified the creation of 55 positions. The number of students per class will thus drop from 23.36 this year to 23.26 next year. “It may seem like a small difference, but in reality this translates into one or two fewer students in some places,” explains the academic management.