France: Worried parents hesitate to send their children to school

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Back to school on Tuesday morning for some of the French schoolchildren and their teachers: just over a million kindergarten and elementary school students are expected in schools. School life will be framed by a very strict health protocol. The return of children to schools will be on a voluntary basis and many families hesitate. Reportage.

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For this mother of two, one in kindergarten, the other in elementary school, it is the lack of information that is the problem. “  We do not know the number of students per class, health security if they will be followed. How's the recess going to be? Are they going to do them together? And then I am afraid that it is also a little anxiety-provoking for them by the fact of seeing the teachers with masks. There is too little information and my children are too important to take the risk on the unspoken. "

Another family another case in Aurore, whose children are 9 and 4 years old. After thinking about it the big one will go back to school, but not her little brother. "  I have my little boy who is still asthmatic, we will keep him for safety and then the big one, even if we have a little apprehension about going back to school, she will learn again on Tuesday because for her , it is really a strong social break. She comes to cry sometimes in the evening, so she goes back to school. We will see how it works. "

In recent days, schools have contacted parents to find out about their choice: returning the children to school or continuing to learn at home.

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