Benjamin Griveaux, the LREM candidate for the municipal elections in March 2020 in Paris, proposed Thursday to return to the four-day week for Parisian primary school children, in order to establish “green Wednesdays”, to “get the children out of schools ”.
Concretely, the three hours of classes on Wednesday morning would be reversed with the peri-school rhythms of Tuesday and Friday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. This so that children can, on Wednesday, "reconnect with nature", he explained during his vows "placed under the sign of childhood and families" and presented in the XVIIth arrondissement, where he is at the top of the list.
An "optional" offer
This "optional" day will be "offered to all children from CP to CM2" from "September 2021" and dedicated to outdoor activities, to make them discover "the Rambouillet forest, the island castles" de-France, farms, horticulturalists, parks and gardens in Paris, vegetable gardens on the roofs, etc. Explained the candidate.
So that children can reconnect with culture, "children can also discover municipal museums, libraries, theaters". “It doesn't change anything in terms of organization for families. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the school is responsible, and the schedules are unchanged, and on Wednesday, there is this optional offer. But I'm hopeful that when school friends say "it's great", this offer will win hearts, "continued Mr. Griveaux.
This measure will cost "20 million euros more than what exists today," he said. So that each Parisian child can also "build a library", the candidate offers to offer each student, from kindergarten to CM2, one book (paper or audio) per school term.
The works will be to be chosen from a list preselected by the booksellers, librarian authors and teachers and will be to withdraw in "the bookshops of district". The measure will cost 5 million euros. "Paris is no longer seen, by many parents, as a suitable place to live there", deplored Benjamin Griveaux who wishes "to build a breathable city for our children". “While the city has been concreted like never before, I would say stop to the artificialization of Paris. Green spaces will be an absolute priority "of his project promised in early February, he assured.
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