For thousands of children, the date of May 11 is approaching and with it the gradual reopening of schools. Across France, local and elected authorities are currently working to allow students to return to their school in the best possible conditions, especially on the issue of school transport. In Tarn, 3,500 primary school pupils are potentially concerned.
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The priority was to identify the drivers, many of whom are between 65 and 75 years old: there was no question of putting them in danger. For Jérôme Barthes, the director of Federteep, which manages school transport in the department, it was then necessary to completely rethink the organization inside each bus. "We are going to trivialize one seat out of two. We are going to sit on the window side, come back door before one after the other to the back of the bus, with certainly small signs on the places that we will not be able to use. No more 15 students per bus, that's half a class, "he explains to the microphone of Europe 1, believing that" it should be able to work ".
"It is true that it is complicated"
"A return to school in the Tarn is 17,000 students," he continues. "It is once a year, there we make a second one, and we are going to make a third one with the colleges, and maybe the high schools". And to conclude: "It is true that it is complicated."
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The Occitanie region assured that it would equip the drivers with masks and gel. He now has to work on the disinfection of vehicles, with several questions still pending. At what rate? With which products? Should we involve drivers? This organization must be ready by May 11, to ensure the safety of children and reassure their parents.