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At the start of the September school year, the physical distancing rules that prevailed until now due to the coronavirus will be further relaxed in schools, according to the latest health protocol published by the Ministry of Education. Co-president of the FCPE, network of parents of pupils, Rodrigo Arenas deplored Friday on Europe 1 a lack of consultation between the actors in the field and the executive, but also denounced the dangerous reductions while the epidemic is far from to be completed.
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A lean protocol
According to the latest protocol which governs the start of the school year and which, according to the ministry, should no longer be modified, physical distancing will no longer apply in outdoor spaces and it will no longer be compulsory in confined spaces "when it is not is not physically possible "or" that it does not accommodate all the students ".
Another change: if the restriction of mixing between classes and groups of students is no longer compulsory, schools will nevertheless have to organize the course of the day in such a way as to limit "as far as possible, major regroupings and crossings" .
Regarding mask wearing, students over 11 years old should continue to wear a mask in confined and outdoor spaces when a distance of one meter cannot be guaranteed and they are placed face to face or side to side. coast. Wearing a mask is also no longer compulsory for kindergarten teachers.
A protocol "in perfect contradiction with the government message"
For Rodrigo Arenas, this aspect of the protocol "comes in perfect contradiction with the government message transmitted on the air for the entire summer period". "We are asking to wear the mask in the open air in certain city centers and territories", which clearly shows that the epidemic is not over and even threatens to start again in some places. But at school, the protocol is lightened. "It is more than worrying, more than distressing and it is really a filthy amateurism", protested the co-president of the FCPE.
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Rodrigo Arenas also believes that associations of parents' representatives, such as the FCPE, should have been consulted by the government before imposing such measures. "It is still not surprising but guilty that always bypassing representative organizations like the FCPE which, incidentally, represents more than 1.2 million votes in the elections of parents of pupils, more than 200,000 members and a network across all of France, ”he says. "This protocol comes out without any consultation, without any contact."