“Such a brutal administrative closure on a Friday evening, one week before the summer holidays.
In a press release published on its site, the People & Baby group denounces the “abusive and hasty” decision of the Gironde prefecture to close one of its crèches in Bordeaux for three months.
According to People & Baby, this closure is based on a “report from a neighbor” and “the receipt of a protest letter which could have been sent by three professionals dismissed between March and June”, to the Maternal Child Protection (PMI), writes the management on the group's website.
“Inappropriate behavior of three professionals supervising children”
These dismissals were associated with "three spontaneous departures" which "rightly give an impression of high turnover" but which does not justify "such a brutal administrative closure on a Friday evening, one week before the summer holidays", estimates People & Baby.
"The two control visits [of the PMI] in March and July only noted a turnover, with teams in a consistent number, respect for schedules, activities and children in safety", declares the company. .
The prefecture of Gironde had decided to temporarily close the Eden Art nursery from July 19, due to "inappropriate behavior of three professionals supervising children" exposed in a "report sent by the minors' prosecutor's office".
People & baby has filed a non-contentious appeal against “this aberrant decision” which “embarrasses” 32 families, without a childcare solution from the end of August, if the establishment cannot reopen its doors after the summer.
No facts of child abuse
The town hall, which reserved “25 places out of 32” in this nursery, indicated on Monday that it knew that the establishment “had been encountering operational difficulties for several years, even before its takeover by People & Baby”.
She also assured that she "cancelled the reservation market for places for the Eden Art nursery".
The department had indicated that it had no knowledge of facts of child abuse but had noted that the staff “was in short supply and in pain”.
One of the establishments of the People & Baby group had been suspended in Lyon after the death of a child.
An employee was later charged with intentional homicide.
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