A simple gesture but big consequences.
Since November 8, Anne-Claire Rossignol, professor of French in a college in Gouvieux, in the Oise, has been suspended from her function by the National Education, as she explains on her YouTube account.
His fault?
Having decided to remove the mask during her lessons, because she considers it "
incompatible with learning
".
“
Tuesday, October 19, I sent a letter to the Minister of National Education and the Minister of Health.
I also sent this letter to my entire hierarchy.
I had no response,
”says the teacher in one of her videos.
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But the day of her gesture, she receives a temporary suspension from the rectorate. Convened on November 15, she now risks the disciplinary council and could be removed from the public service, as she confided to our
20-minute
colleagues
. "
It was suspended as a precaution, it is not an administrative sanction
, said the rectorate of Amiens in
Paris
.
It will be received this Monday, November 15 by the human resources department of the rectorate, so as to continue the dialogue undertaken by his hierarchy
”.
In the meantime, Anne-Claire Rossignol continues to fight to assert her arguments.
“
I would like us to recognize that our profession is not a profession like any other.
That teaching is a profession of contact, of human relations.
It seems to me that the lawyers in their court do not plead with a mask, that on television, the person who presents the information to us does not have a mask,
”explains the teacher.
"We must reassess the benefit-risk ratio for students"
"
Supported by children and parents
", the 45-year-old teacher swears that she will go through with her approach.
“
I would never have allowed myself this act if I had not been vaccinated.
I represent less danger
, ”she said on YouTube.
Today, the professor judges that the “
risk-benefit balance
” is no longer the same.
For her, it would be reasonable to “
find other solutions
”, such as
“
keeping a
distance from the students
” or “
regularly ventilating the classes
”.
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The subject of the mask at school, for students as well as for teachers, has always been sensitive.
As recently as Friday, the chairman of the APHP medical commission, Rémi Salomon, acknowledged on franceinfo that health protection "
disrupted the learning of language and reading for teachers and children
".
But he deemed it "
logical
" and "
justified
" during "
the period when there is a rise, when the wave comes
".
While students from many departments had been able to remove the mask in recent weeks, it becomes mandatory for all from Monday, November 15.
