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You have to see him gesticulate in his costume accompanying his intense flow of words to understand his commitment to the subject.
Thursday, Pierre Fiori, deputy mayor of Nice sub-delegated to work in schools, worked to make a progress report on the work carried out in the 150 establishments of the city.
“A school bears the name of my father
, he slips.
It forces you to stand up straight.”
In the courtyard of the school group Les Orangers, near the popular district of Saint-Roch, the elected official sets the scene, ten days before the municipal council on the question.
The school redevelopment budget
"is the city's largest budget
. "
This has doubled, from 4.2 million euros in 2017 to 8.4 million.
At the start of this mandate, the mayor Christian Estrosi wanted a specific delegation, of which Pierre Fiori is in charge with the deputy for Education, Jean-Luc Gagliolo.
This substantial amount must be used to continue the work in the kindergartens and primary schools of Nice.
Since the start of the school year, 146 projects have been launched for nearly 2.5 million euros and 500,000 euros per year are devoted to greening.
At the end of the hammer blows and various maneuvers, the improvement of the sealing of the buildings, the change of the frames, the repainting or the renovation and the reorganization of spaces.
Does this mean that the schools in Nice were dilapidated?
“No, it was already satisfactory
, explains Pierre Fiori.
We don't do all this because it was going badly, but so that it gets even better!
Survey of environmentalists
In saying this, the chosen one keeps across the throat an investigation released by the environmental opposition last September.
This had annoyed in the ranks of the majority, going as far as verbal sparring in the municipal council and the production of a counter-study to denounce
"fake news"
.
The Greens, for their part, pointed out that
“97% of schools have heat problems in summer, 80% of schools have infiltration problems, 71% of buildings are not properly heated and that 60% of establishments are not equipped. double glazed."
“It's whimsical and irresponsible
, still denounces today Pierre Fiori.
I refute this observation and I challenge that we play with the feeling of fear on our children.
Ecologists are still satisfied with having
“kicked the anthill”
, says Juliette Chesnel-Leroux, elected EELV.
The investigative work that we have carried out has at least had the merit of having increased the budget devoted to schools, so it is a success and we are satisfied with the work undertaken, ”she adds
.
“We did not need the knowledge of the Greens to act
,” retorts Pierre Fiori, calling on them to act with them now.
The deputy mayor completes his demonstration in the courtyard of the Orangers school by showing the fogger installed under a shaded courtyard.
All the schools are equipped with them to face the strong summer heat.
They are started in the spring.
The greener development of recreation areas is also a step in this direction.
"In 10 to 15 years, no schoolyard will be tarred because it will be too hot
," says Pierre Fiori.
Before linking the greening of schoolyards... to the justified demolition of Acropolis, according to him, and
"the
extension of the green corridor
, for schools, because it's exactly the same thing, it will refresh and avoid reverberation”
.
“Combining Methods”
A statement that indirectly echoes here too the environmentalists' investigation, which called for more resources and a
"Marshall plan"
for schools to the tune of 310 million euros: money that had to be found by abandoning the destruction of the palace. Congresses...
One subject often hides another, and the current inflation will also make the different shipyards adapt.
"We try to combine the methods"
, assumes Pierre Fiori, who does not hide that some more expensive work will take longer than expected.
“We are not going to slam for slam
, he specifies,
we are also preparing alternative solutions in consultation with the parents of students.”
Before insisting on safety in these establishments and recalling that all schools have a call terminal nearby and that 30 have public road surveillance officers (ASVP) within them.