The Feast of the Ascension begins this Thursday, May 18 and straddles the following Friday. The school calendar specifies it, each school in France will have its doors closed for at least 4 days.
The decision of the former minister was thus in response to the large number of children who left with their families to attend truancy. The rate of absenteeism in the classrooms the day after Ascension Thursday defied the authority of the National Education. It is now up to parents to make arrangements to occupy or look after their children.