During his speech on the last stage of deconfinement, Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday evening that school would be compulsory again from Monday, June 22. Jean Michel Blanquer explained on Europe 1 on Monday that health measures would be more flexible. "The fundamental relief is that of physical distance. We are moving from a system where we were 4 m² per pupil to a much more flexible system with a lateral meter between each pupil. This allows us to accommodate them all", a affirmed the minister.
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A side meter away
But this measure remains difficult to implement for school principals and college principals. And could prevent schools from welcoming all students. "Bringing around thirty students into a 50m² class with this meter away is simply impossible," says a school director to Europe 1.
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On Monday, school directors and principals sent emails to parents to tell them that the new school year would not take place on June 22, even with the new health protocol. A "cold shower" for Fabrice, father of a girl who attended fourth grade in a college in Sèvre, in the Hauts-de-Seine. "She was very happy to resume from June 22," says Fabrice. But "an email from the principal of the college says that there will be no return for the pupils in Sèvres for the fourth and the third."
"We play emotional yo-yo with our children"
Fabrice does not understand this turnaround. "We play emotional yo-yo with our children. We tell them 'you go back to school' then 'you don't go back to school anymore'. I find it pretty crazy that the government and National Education are not coming not to tune their violins, "he denounces.
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The amended health protocol is expected to be announced Tuesday evening. According to the latest arbitrations, this lateral distance meter could disappear for kindergartens only to simplify the equation and the task of school principals.