“For sale: classroom”: in Flavignac, in Haute-Vienne, a town of just over 1,000 inhabitants, neither the banners and signs at the entrance to the town, nor the petition and the demonstrations were moves the lines.
The parents of students have therefore decided to initiate symbolic actions to challenge the academy inspection and the general public with this recent announcement posted on Leboncoin.fr: “This superb bright classroom in perfect condition is sold with everything her teaching materials: tables, chairs, blackboard, benches, books, markers and pencils, everything remains EXCEPT THE TEACHER!!
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At the origin of this mobilization, the announced elimination of a teaching position at the start of the 2024 school year. The municipalities of Flavignac, Lavignac and Les Cars, already in RPI (intercommunal educational group), would lose one class out of the six existing.
“For every five students, one teacher is taken away from us!
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“We are going to go from 120 students to 115 next year and, for every five students, we are taking away a teacher!
We are logically worried about the future of our children, summarizes Caroline Congnard, parent representative.
The school is the symbol of life in our villages.
If there is no school, the village is no longer attractive, it is deserted and no one comes there.
A vicious circle.
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At the end of the afternoon, this Tuesday, February 6, the parents of the students had planned to symbolically sequester the two school directors.
A teaching method of their own to make themselves heard by National Education.
In Haute-Vienne, 30 class closures are planned for the start of the 2024 school year.