When can the little French schoolchildren go back to school? The President of the Republic first announced the date of May 11. Tuesday, Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of Education brought some elements on the calendar and the implementation of the return of students in schools. Tracks on the number of children per class, which levels will be affected ... But not enough to reassure all school staff and parents. A large part of them awaits many details, and do not always understand the urgency of the return of the youngest on the benches.
Céline, a mother, does not consider herself "at all serene at the idea that the schools reopen on May 11". She is concerned that her fourteen, eleven and six year old children will not follow the barrier gestures and may bring the Covid-19 home and contaminate their families. This is why she hopes to be able to have the last word: "I think I will not put them back before September. I hope we will be left with the choice. Like her, Magalie does not plan to take her baby boy to kindergarten anytime soon. "The information that reaches us is too contradictory," laments the mother. “I don't trust what we are told. And then, their grandparents are people at risk and I don't see myself telling my children that they won't be able to go and see them, ”she says.
A “premature and irresponsible” reopening
Among teachers, the fears have not been dispelled by the latest government announcements. "A reopening of schools seems completely premature and irresponsible," exasperated Sam, a kindergarten teacher. And it is not the respect for barrier gestures and the wearing of masks that will reassure her: "Myself, I find it difficult to keep one on my face for more than 30 minutes, then my 4-year-old students? ! "
David, a father, agrees. For him, it is "out of the question" that his daughters resume classes. Mainly for reasons of medical history. "I will not sacrifice my children for the recovery of the economy!" ", He denounces. As for Céline, mother of four toddlers, she also does not want to take risks. “We decided not to put them back in school until September. Like many testimonies received, she does not want them to be able to contaminate their ancestors. For her, the end of confinement will not be for now.
Favorable… But wary
"Like many of my colleagues and students, I can't wait to resume classes after this difficult time," says Max, a teacher. It nevertheless deplores the communication from the Ministry of Education. "We do not understand why it is vital to bring elementary school students a week before those of college," he says, unconvinced. One observation, shared by Nolwen, a regional specialist in nursery schools (Atsem) and mother of three children: “I can hardly imagine a return. We should start by getting the high school students back, then the middle school students who are better able to apply barrier gestures. "
For her part, Sarah has no fear. This mother from a small village in Lot-et-Garonne - relatively untouched by the coronavirus - is serene at the idea that her nine-year-old boy returns to school. "My son is dyslexic and I don't have the methods that teachers have for working," she says. "For me, don't worry," she says.
A return to school "with talent"
"I have the impression, while listening to our Minister of Education reveal his plan to return to class, to attend a passage of oral" to the talent "", summarizes Séverine, teacher in college and mother of two children , schooled in CM2 and second. Very critical, she believes that it was "the elections [that] dictated the date for closing the schools" and that "the economic recovery dictates that of their reopening". For Corinne, another professor, it is the total blur: “I dread the recovery a lot, for fear of catching the Covid-19. In her college of 830 students, "we are going to play a game that is dangerous for our health, that of the students and their families," she said.
A fear shared by certain heads of establishments, such as Jérôme. "I am very aware that the recovery is a good thing for many students who are far from school," points this primary director at Vaulx-en-Velin. He notes bitterly, "it is not this crisis that will bring Blanquer and the teachers closer." Between the very degraded conditions and fear, he also deplores "to learn all the decisions in the press. We have the same level of information as the families who ask us lots of questions. It's really very uncomfortable, ”he continues.
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“Will teachers with children in primary school be allowed to telecommute until their children have returned to school? Asks Nathalie, who works in a college, but also the mother of a seven-year-old boy. For her, the government unfortunately brings "solutions to the dropper that ultimately ask more questions than they provide answers".
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