A teacher from a college in Trappes had to be "
exfiltrated
" from her establishment and from the Yvelines department after threats following a course on the evolution of man in which an image of a monkey and a photo were associated of the singer Soprano.
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During a lesson for a 3rd grade class in December 2020, this teacher of SVT (life and earth sciences) had decided, "
to interest the students
" she pleaded with AFP, d affix a photo of the French rapper of Comorian origin on a timeline.
The presence on this same frieze of an image of a monkey aroused the anger of a student's father, according to the Parisian who revealed the affair.
Law enforcement “immediately informed”
Two months after this course, Stéphanie* was called by her headteacher for an appointment with the parent, whose profile was not specified and who considered the juxtaposition of the two images to be racist and relayed part of the course. on Facebook by questioning it. According to the rectorate of Versailles contacted by AFP, "
this situation was taken very seriously by the academy
" because "
any hateful or threatening message which could target academy staff is the subject of very close attention. vigilant of our services
”. The rectorate specified that the police had been “
immediately informed
” of the incident and that functional protection had been granted (to the teacher).
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The case took a particular turn, two months after the assassination and beheading in the same department of Samuel Paty.
The history and geography teacher at the Bois-d'Aulne college, in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, had been taken to task on social networks by a student's father following a course on the freedom of expression.
He was then assassinated by Abdoullakh Anzorov, a radicalized young man who accused him of having shown caricatures of Muhammad to his students.
The professor from Trappes, now 35, received several threats after the publication of the father of the family on social networks, which he deleted after the meeting at college.
A complaint lodged
"
Traumatized by the assassination of Samuel Paty
", Stéphanie then filed a complaint and received a visit from the territorial intelligence police, who asked her "
to leave Ile-de-France as soon as
possible", recalls Stéphanie, now substitute teacher in another region.
"
I lost everything, everything I've built for ten years, this man stole my life and I was very afraid for my life
," she told AFP by phone. wishing to work from now on "
closer to his family
".
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In November, the student's father was sentenced for harassment by means of an online public communication service to six months in prison and 13,600 euros in damages by the Versailles court.
The defendant was acquitted of the charge of public insult to an official by means of communication, the prosecution told AFP, adding that an appeal was in progress.
The date of the new trial is not yet known, according to the lawyer for the civil party, Stéphane Colmant.
The teacher “placed on temporary disability leave”
"
I didn't see any red flags during or after the course, and I've been using this medium to illustrate this teaching for several years already at the request of a former student who wanted to see more illustrations of people from diversity
”, continues the teacher, who regrets having received only the support of her union, the Snalc, and “
nothing
” from the rectorate. Today, “
I no longer have confidence in the institution, I dread addressing other sensitive subjects such as puberty and reproduction. When are we going to start blocking these parents of students who threaten?
asks the professor, “
I had to be exfiltrated in just a few days
”.
For its part, the academy of Versailles explains that the teacher was “
placed on leave for temporary disability attributable to the service (Citis) from February 3 to September 10
”.
"
Her transfer request may have given rise, initially, to a temporary assignment to another academy since the start of the school year
", continued the academy, ensuring that it was doing "
everything to ensure that she could obtain the assignment she wants for the next school year
".
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A meeting between the rectorate and the teacher's representatives is scheduled for this week.
In Trappes, Didier Lemaire, a professor of philosophy, sparked controversy last February and was placed under police protection after comments on the weight of Islamists in this city of Yvelines.
*Name has been changed