The City of Chartres has just received the letter from the departmental directorate of national education services and the prefecture of Eure-et-Loir, defining the application methods for the resumption of lessons in the 22 public schools in the Chartres, nursery and elementary schools, where some 2,800 children are educated. Karine Dorange, assistant mayor in charge of school affairs, has started to supervise the implementation of this return to class, which will take place on Monday May 11, 2020 for teachers and Thursday May 14 for students.
A device which should be refined next week: “We are awaiting the return of the parents of students, to measure the rate of school attendance, and we are still missing the health protocol to put in place. The elected official plans to carry out a tour of the establishments, at the beginning of next week, to supervise the implementation of this somewhat unusual start of the school year.
1) Who will be able to return on May 14?
According to national guidelines, only pupils in the large nursery, primary school and cm² section will find their way to class, on the basis of the parents’ voluntary work. The other students will continue their home schooling, at the latest until Monday, June 2, if the calendar, very dependent on the evolution of the crisis, does not undergo any change by then.
2) How many students potentially concerned?
In Chartres, the CP, CM2 and large sections of kindergarten represent a large thousand students. As provided for in the national guidelines, there will be no more than fifteen students per class. Priority will be given, in order, to the children of requisitioned personnel, the children of teachers and students with disabilities. For the other children, the questions of arbitration, according to the places available, are a matter of national education, specifies it elected.
3) Why Thursday 14 and not Monday 11?
In fact, the reopening of establishments will take place on the 11th. But the first two days will be reserved for the return of teachers and the adaptation of classes to health security measures. “With distance learning ending the previous Friday for resuming teachers, this two-day repair period is essential.”
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4) Will there be masks and gel available?
No masks for pupils, in any case, the use of which is prohibited for nursery schools and not recommended for elementary school pupils by the health authorities. However, staff in contact with children will have masks. “We ordered masks and hydroalcoholic gel for schools. We have already received a part of it. “
5) How will the classes be disinfected?
“On this point, I am not worried. An additional protocol will be implemented with the use of specific products, “said Karine Dorange. The City is currently in the process of identifying agents who could not return to work for medical reasons, in order to adjust the intervention schedule in schools.
6) What measures will be taken to avoid contact as much as possible?
This problem is one of the challenges of the school tour that Karine Dorange will carry out this week: “We will see, on a case-by-case basis, how we can limit crossings by modifying traffic flows. “
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7) Will there be an extracurricular reception?
From May 14, extracurricular reception reopens morning and evening, as well as studies, “on the basis of volunteer teachers,” says Karine Dorange. “We will identify the needs. If their number turns out to be insufficient, we will call on students or municipal staff to provide after-school care. “
8) Can children eat in the canteen?
“Catering will be done well in school restaurants. We are going to set up a third service, instead of two, in order to limit the crowds. “
9) Will there be recess?
Depending on the configuration of the schools, and in particular the size and number of playgrounds, the recreation time will be adapted. Wherever possible, warning tapes will be installed to mark out a demarcation line and separate the courtyard into several watertight spaces, in order to limit contact. Where this is not possible, the play times will be postponed to allow breakage in small groups.
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10) Will studies and fun activities be offered?
The national system provides, so as not to overload the classes, that part of the workforce is studying or practicing sports and recreational activities while the others work in groups of fifteen. In Chartres, this track was not retained: “in Chartres, the sports facilities are closed. It does not seem appropriate to bring outside people into the school to manage the children.
Who is responsible in the event of an accident? At the transfer level of the “baby”, we are given a little bit of extra time in extracurricular activity. “If the number of students exceeds the capacity, a rotation of the students on the different days of the week is envisaged.
Finding. According to Karine Dorange, the reception of all the pupils, that is to say approximately 2,800, with the same instructions of social distancing, would be impossible in Chartres.
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Sébastien Couratin
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