The Association of Mayors of France (AMF) welcomed on Tuesday the compulsory return of all students to school on June 22, but wondered about the implementation of the health protocol, as did the Association of Small French cities (APVF), which is asking for more significant “ relaxation ” of the measures.
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In a press release, the AMF welcomes the decision to return to school, which " if it takes effect 15 days before the end of the school year, is nonetheless highly symbolic ". But this return of all students to school " however implies compliance with a number of conditions, especially the presence of teachers and a significant reduction in health protocol ," notes the association, chaired by the mayor. LR de Troyes François Baroin.
" The first details relating to the introduction of social distance from a lateral meter and the maintenance of the non-mixing of groups of students are already raising questions, " she continues.
For the Association of Small Towns of France, chaired by Christophe Bouillon, mayor of Barentin (Seine-Maritime), compliance with the new health protocol “ does not allow most mayors of small towns to welcome all schoolchildren ", She wrote in another press release. " Despite the goodwill of local elected officials and school directors, in most premises it is not possible to enforce " the distance of one meter between each pupil " by hosting entire classes ".
And " the fact of forbidding pupils of different classes from crossing paths within the establishment seems to be out of step with the sanitary measures recommended outside schools ", adds the APVF, which asks the government " to soften even more so the health protocol ”.
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