Is it really useful to renew the contract of the baby-sitter of the little one? Renting an apartment for the grown-up, without the certainty that the lessons will take place “face-to-face” in his business school? Each end of August, the first to join the Welti family, these are the questions. But this time, anticipates Brice, the father of four children aged 8, 10, 17 and 20, the answers may arrive after September 1. "It's the power 100 uncertainty!" »He exclaims, less than two weeks to find the school of his youngest in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).
This impression of advancing the fog, many parents share it while the diffuse threat of disrupted classes or school closings looms, due to the Covid-19 epidemic. In Reunion, whose bell still rings two weeks before the metropolis, the start of the school year had to be postponed for seven days in 24 establishments in Saint-Denis, close to a source of contagion. Who's next?
Home school? "Never again !"
“Now that we know what it is, nobody wants to go through school again at home. Never again! »Insists Julie, mother of a schoolgirl and two small schoolchildren, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, who watches with apprehension the figures of the epidemic resumption in the capital. His biggest worry is not getting sick. "It would be that there is no re-entry, answers tit for tat the digital project manager. Six months without a school leaves a lot of gaps. I do not at all want this to continue, especially since for my children, the holidays were not at all learning ... "
For the time being, there is no question of delaying the bell. The school's compass is based on three scenarios, detailed in a protocol and a “pedagogical continuity plan” published in the middle of the summer. In the most optimistic hypothesis, which still held the rope this Thursday, August 20 at midday, the start of the 2020 school year would be almost normal - the masks in addition, on the noses of college students, high school students and teachers.
"The line is that of a global recovery, with developments in tense areas", supports Philippe Vincent, spokesperson for the main union of school leaders, Snpden-Unsa, a supporter of plans as locally as possible. . In Paris and in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the only two metropolitan departments classified as highly vigilant by the health authorities, the prospect of a less “normal” return to school than elsewhere is taking shape.
Gyms as emergency classrooms
In the capital, the town hall has been identifying gymnasiums, libraries and other premises since July that could serve as additional classrooms if it becomes necessary to divide the classes in two. "We also recruit temporary workers if it is necessary to supervise the children in smaller groups", explains Patrick Bloche, assistant (PS) in charge of school matters.
In Cantal, much further from the health threat, the departmental services took advantage of the summer to secure - just in case - the networks and servers of the colleges, which had found themselves overwhelmed by 3,800 simultaneous connections in the first days of confinement . In Aurillac, the La Ponétie college has also seen its library transformed into a second refectory to allow lunches while respecting safety distances.
"The resumption of June allowed us to see how to organize for September, but there are still sticking points," warns Bruno Faure, the president (LR) of the departmental council. “In certain colleges, more than 50% of the agents did not work during the crisis because of an incompatibility of health, notes the elected official, president of the education commission of the Assembly of the departments of France. For this problem, we have no solution. "
"A protocol taking into account the current situation"
In the masters' rooms too, unanswered, very precise and practical questions are piled up. Do we need breaks in small groups? More services in the canteen? Cancel the choir? Change the entry and exit times?
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"If we want schools not to close, and all children to be welcomed, we need a protocol that takes into account the current health situation," urges Guislaine David, spokesperson for the school teachers' union ( Snuipp-FSU). "Otherwise," she warns, "we run the risk of having to review the whole organization ten days after the start of the school year, in an emergency, again. "
