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In Moscow, the Alexandre-Dumas high school suffers the effect of war

2022-09-26T15:05:33.588Z


The establishment, which constitutes the beating heart of the French community, has been hit by a wave of departures with less than 700 students enrolled this year, against 1,250 last year.


Liouba Chenesseau is smiling.

This Franco-Russian is the mother of two students from the Lycée français Alexandre-Dumas in Moscow (LFM), one in CM1, the other in CP.

For them, against all expectations, the start of the new school year went well.

After six months of “remote” school, - a consequence of the “special military operation” in Ukraine -, his children and their little friends had the joy of meeting “in real life”.

A big relief for families facing a long period of uncertainty about the future of the establishment.

"We only had confirmation of the reopening of the school in August

," says Liouba Chenesseau, also secretary of the LFM parents' association.

Admittedly, the war continues and the atmosphere remains charged in Moscow.

However, on September 2, six hundred and seventy students, from kindergarten to terminale, as well as the entire teaching staff responded.

The three LFM sites, including the imposing brick building housing the college…

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Source: lefigaro

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