The rectorate announced Thursday, December 17 of the suicide of "
a
" high school student in Lille in the process
of
"
changing sexual identity
", ensuring that the student was "
accompanied in his approach
" in his school, after a runaway networks social issues involving the responsibility of the teaching team.
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“
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.
The Fenelon high school "
was informed of the student's progress and of his desire to change his gender 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.
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 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
" (Social assistance to children) 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.
According to several students of Fénelon interviewed and who requested anonymity, many high school students had mobilized after the events of December 2, some coming in skirts and putting up posters in the school to say "
no to transphobia
".
But "
the management had apologized to her, and for some time things were better, she felt better in high school,
" said a terminal student.
"
She had told her friends about the event, it had affected her, but I don't think that's what pushed her to act
."
If the video seems authentic, "
I think the management is not responsible (...) and that the CPE had no intention of harming
" the student, even if she showed "
clumsiness
"
», Said another student.
"
She had other problems
", related or not to her transsexuality, according to him.
A minute of silence will be observed Friday at the school, according to these young people.
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