This return to school will be anything but serene.
In the college of Conflans where Samuel Paty taught, assassinated on the evening of the All Saints holidays after showing caricatures of Mohammed, the students will not resume until Tuesday.
This Monday, only the staff will be present.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Education will be on site.
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In the other establishments, from kindergarten to 12th grade, students will return to school at the usual time.
And not at 10 am, as the National Education had initially planned, to allow teachers to meet in order to organize the tribute and an educational sequence around secularism and freedom of expression.
The strengthening of the health protocol and the passage of the Vigipirate plan to its maximum level since the Nice attack forced the Rue de Grenelle to review the course of the day.
A minute of silence will be observed at 11:15 am, after the reading of Jean Jaurès' letter to teachers.
We will not accept that the minute's silence is not respected
Jean-Michel Blanquer
Given the health constraints, this moment of meditation will take place "
preferably
" in the classes, the minister said on Friday evening.
It was originally planned in the courtyard of the establishments, so as not to leave the teachers alone in the face of possible disputes or excesses.
Because everyone has in mind the 200 or so incidents reported in the establishments, in 2015, after the attack against
Charlie Hebdo
, from the refusal of the minute of silence to the apology of terrorism.
"
We will not accept that the minute of silence is not respected,
" Jean-Michel Blanquer insisted on Sunday in
Le Parisien
, referring to teams "Values of the Republic" (secularity referents in academies) who,
"s' there are problems
”, will go on site to“
help the staff to prevent attacks on secularism
”.
A discourse already considered authoritarian and purely political in the ranks of certain teachers' unions.
Emergency measures
The "educational sequence", scheduled for Monday, will be able to be held throughout the month, also indicated the minister.
At Snes-FSU, the main secondary union, they denounce an "
unworthy
"
reorganization
.
"
The Minister of National Education has chosen to reduce the necessary time for reflection, exchange, sharing to a simple minute of silence
", writes the union, which has also filed a strike notice to cover the mobilizations locally decided.
Along with other trade union organizations, Snes launched "
a social alert to denounce the management of the health crisis
".
While schools, colleges and high schools will remain open during this period of re-containment, as part of a "reinforced" health protocol, the unions are calling for "
emergency measures
" to "
ensure the protection
" of staff and students.
Masks, air purifiers, but also recruitments "
as soon as possible
".
As part of the new protocol, students will wear the mask from CP.
“Stirring” should be avoided.
In high schools, school heads may, if necessary, set up a part of distance learning.