“We knew, however, that this second wave was going to arrive: why wait until the last minute to get organized?
», Chokes this mother, learning that her daughter will not have lessons this Monday morning ... because of an educational meeting of the team of her high school.
The second wave is also administrative, for schools.
For ten days, and the publication of a "reinforced" health protocol, the whole system has been asked to review its organization to limit as much as possible the mixing between children, and to supervise risky situations - mainly PE lessons. and school catering, where students rub shoulders without a mask.
In this college in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, for example, the canteen is now reserved for “scholarship students and those who live outside the arrondissement…”, testifies a father.
“The canteen is the big black spot.
We must try to reduce the number of students as much as possible, comments Pascal Bolloré, principal in the Paris region, unionized with Snpden-Unsa.
But it's very complicated in rural areas where students come from far away… ”
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The measures, which must be effective from this Monday, vary from one establishment to another.
"Some schools have not changed anything, because they are already at their maximum potential," notes Guislaine David, of the Snuipp-FSU teachers' union.
In elementary school, schools mainly worked on entering and leaving classes, with staggered schedules, staggered recess or direction of movement in the corridors.
Classes of more than 30 students divided into two groups
In schools such as middle and upper secondary schools, ventilation should be reinforced, as well as cleaning of the premises, in particular door handles or switches.
Except that among the staff of town halls, departments and regions, in charge of maintenance, "the staff is not always there, and it is we who find ourselves going to open all the windows in disaster, in firefighter !
», Confides a head of establishment in Ile-de-France.
In high school, the possibility of setting up half-groups was only announced on Thursday, many establishments will only discuss it this week.
Teams plan to divide classes of more than 30 students into two groups, which would come every other day, every other week, or even half-days.
Everything is technically possible, provided that a minimum of 50% of the students present in the establishment is respected.
Others have come together ... to change nothing.
“Parents and teachers agreed that a maximum of lessons be held as long as possible,” says Pascal Bolloré, head of the Marcellin-Berthelot high school in Saint-Maur (Val-de-Marne).
In this rather privileged large bahut, the courses will therefore continue ... to 36 students in terminal and 48 per class in preparation.