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Teacher sanctioned after letter to family of disabled student: court overturns warning

11/10/2023, 7:42:28 PM

Highlights: Teacher sanctioned after letter to family of disabled student: court overturns warning. Laurent T., a teacher in a middle school in Val-d'Oise, had written in 2021 to a mother to tell her that her son had "no place in the school" It's a case that starts with an exchange with a mom on the Pronote app. This software allows parents and teachers to communicate. It was used in the case of a history and geography teacher at the Louis-Augustin-Bosc middle school.


Laurent T., a teacher in a middle school in Val-d'Oise, had written in 2021 to a mother to tell her that her son had "no place in the school".

It's a case that starts with an exchange with a mom on the Pronote app. This software allows parents and teachers to communicate. On March 3, 2021, Laurent T., in his sixties, a history and geography teacher at the Louis-Augustin-Bosc middle school in Saint-Prix (Val-d'Oise) wrote to the mother of a disabled student: "Your son is having difficulty following my classes which are aimed at students without disabilities. I consider that your child, because of his disability, has no place in an ordinary system that does not allow him to progress... In fact, he is not a burden to this class, but it has become a burden to him. »

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