- Back to school on May 11 in the midst of a coronavirus epidemic worries Marseille teachers.
- Schools in Marseille were already in short supply of soap and other essential hygiene products.
- The mayor of Marseille ensures that all the necessary equipment will be provided at the start of the school year.
"In Marseille, we see that, in general, it is difficult to have soap and toilet paper for students," says Virginie Akliouat, departmental secretary of Snuipp-FSU in Bouches-du-Rhône. Under the current exceptional conditions, there are serious doubts about the city's ability to supply the necessary equipment to protect users and people in sufficient numbers. "
This Thursday, various teachers' unions in the department organized a press conference to express the palpable concern among Marseille teachers, three weeks before the return to class decreed by the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer. The latter indeed assured that before the reopening of schools on May 11 would be established a "health protocol", respect for which rests in part on the shoulders of local authorities who must clean the premises and provide the necessary hygiene equipment.
A shortage of hygiene products
However, in Marseille, some schools were already suffering from a shortage of basic hygiene products, such as soap, even before confinement, as the assistant in charge of schools, Danièle Casanova, at 20 Minutes , on March 5. The city was facing what was then its first case of schoolchildren from Marseille who tested positive for coronavirus.
"Well before the start of the winter holidays, we had soaps delivered to the schools, so that all Marseille schools are now equipped with them," explained the elected representative from Marseille. "There were deliveries at that time," admits Virginie Akliouat. But according to feedback from school principals that have come down to us, these stocks only made it possible to hold up for the week that followed… ”
The mayor wants to be reassuring
"We are even wondering how many Marseille schools are equipped with soap," says Laurent Tramoni, academic secretary of SNES-FSU Aix-Marseille, the majority union of teachers and school life staff. “If we take the reception system in force at the moment in schools, with only a few students, this system notably involved cleaning with bleach, several times a day, door handles, notes Caroline Chevé, academic secretary assistant to the Snes-Fsu union, this implies a very large number of agents! And for the moment, a toilet block is allocated to each student… ”
In a press release sent a few days ago, the mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin ensures that "all of the city's schools will be disinfected before the students come back and that the sanitary facilities of all the establishments will be revisited and with essential hygiene products (soap, hydroalcoholic gel). "
And to affirm: "The municipal staff will be tested - and as a priority all the agents who work in schools or in canteens. "The mayor intends to build on this by the firefighters, already mobilized to test the sailors of the Charles de Gaulle. "It's still more than 3,200 to test before May 11, warns Serge Tavano, secretary general of the FSU Métropole. I'm waiting to see how ... We shouldn't make announcements lightly, and we have nothing that reassures us on that side. When contacted, the city of Marseille did not respond to our requests for clarification at the time of writing.
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