“91 test sites have been set up in academy establishments since 1is February. Several thousand students and staff have been tested so they can protect, isolate and allow the school to continue. We have reinforced the principles of precaution against variants to block the chains of contamination. Jean-Marc Huart, rector of the Grand Est academic region, rector of the Nancy-Metz academy and chancellor of the universities, enforced the health measures desired by the government and recommended by the health authorities to the letter. But is it enough? Not really in Moselle since the incidence rate is 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Thursday afternoon, the rector went to the Pierre-Mendès-France college in Woippy to assess compliance with the health protocol put in place. He toured the establishment with Marie-Hélène Mora, the principal, and noted with satisfaction that all the staff are involved on a daily basis. In the canteen, the agents prepare the trays before the students arrive. During this time, the latter wash their hands. Cutlery, glass, cheese and dessert are already arranged. All that remains is to choose your hot dish and sit down to eat. Here again, precautions are in order: a green light / red light system indicates whether the free table has been disinfected, the half-boarders then sit diagonally, two on a table of four. The agents circulate in the room to distribute water and bread. When the meal is finished, each student must fill out a sheet to indicate who they had lunch with.
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Soon saliva tests
This ingenious system makes it possible to quickly determine the contact case (s) if a person is affected by the virus. But it is also time consuming for administrative staff. Just like that of the testing area, set up within the college. Two alcoves, Tuesday February 9 and Wednesday February 10, then four alcoves Thursday, tested 134 people, students and staff alike. “40% of secondary school students were willing to be tested,” underlines Bénédicte Bianconi, deputy principal of Mendès-France. These measures will soon be reinforced because “saliva tests will gradually arrive in establishments”, reassures Jean-Marc Huart.
In the meantime, the rector invites us to show “serenity and pragmatism”. Not sure that Marie-Hélène Mora and her team were able to remain calm a few days ago, when several school staff had to isolate themselves, affected by the virus or in the event of contact with a person who tested positive …
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