The start of the school year, which was to be postponed to Monday at 10:00 a.m. to give the teaching teams time to prepare a tribute to Samuel Paty, will finally be kept to the usual schedule, Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced to staff on Friday October 30 in end of the day.
Read also: Apology for terrorism: the overwhelming numbers of online hatred since the assassination of Samuel Paty
"
All students will resume lessons as usual,
" he wrote in an email sent to AFP. A minute of silence will be observed at 11:00 am, after reading Jean Jaurès' letter to teachers, "
preferably in the classrooms, and if sanitary conditions allow it, in the courtyard of the establishment
".