The rectorate announced Thursday the suicide of "
a
" high school student in Lille about to "
change sexual identity
", ensuring that the student was "
accompanied in his approach
" in his high school, after a runaway social networks putting in question the responsibility of the teaching team.
“
Valérie Cabuil, rector of the Lille academy, learned with great sadness that a final year student from the Lycée Fénelon in Lille ended his life in his foster home on Wednesday.
This dramatic event upsets the entire educational community,
”wrote the rectorate in a press release.
"
A psychological listening cell was immediately deployed
" for students and staff, the statement continued, specifying that "
school life advisers
" will visit the establishment on Friday.
Lycée Fénelon “
has been informed of the student's progress and of his desire to change his sexual identity.
The pupil, who found himself in a complex personal context, was accompanied in his approach by the educational team of his home and his school,
”says the rector.
Controversy on social networks
Earlier, a series of tweets signed by the name of a woman posing as "
activist author, pyromaniac poet
" went viral, claiming that the
17-year-old "
trans high school student
" had been "
humiliated
" and "
psychologically assaulted
" by a member of the teaching team.
She was reportedly sent home on December 2 because she was wearing a skirt.
Internet users also relayed a video, broadcast on Snapchat and apparently filmed by the high school student, where we hear a female voice evoking problems posed by her outfit, in a dry tone.
Jean-Yves Guéant, president of the Federation of North Student Parents' Councils (FCPE), confirmed to AFP that the student had been sent home in early December because she was wearing a skirt.
But "
no element, to date
", allows to link these facts to the suicide of the student, "
who also lived in a home of the ASE
" and had other "
difficulties
".
"
A discussion had taken place
" between the student and the establishment, and "a
priori according to the team and the family, the case was resolved
", he continued, regretting the broadcast of the video. and warning against “
fake news
”.
"
It is very complicated to understand what can happen in the head of a young person who makes this kind of decision (...) but a priori, the responsibility of the establishment has been dismissed
", he said. concluded.