They arrived in the mailboxes of school directors and heads of establishments on the day of the start of the school year, Monday September 4: “flyers” to be sent to parents of students to inform them of “what changes for (their) child “ for the start of the 2023 school year. On these documents, a list of political measures announced in recent months at all levels of schooling, such as those concerning reading and writing in primary school, academic support in 6ethe discovery of professions in middle school, harassment, the replacement of teachers in secondary education, the reform of the vocational high school… “We thank you for kindly distributing it to families, in addition to the documents and instructions that you are providing to them during this return to school”requires the email, signed by the Ministry of National Education.
The reactions were strong. Several unions, such as the SNUipp-FSU or the SE-UNSA, have also called for this leaflet not to be communicated. Nathalie (the people mentioned by their first name did not want to give their names) has not taken off since she received them. “It is written that we are going to do more of everything: more reading, more writing, more mathematics, more sports… But school time remains the same. We will end up having our students read while running!exclaims this Breton school principal. Politicians should already become aware of everything we are doing. »
“I think this is the first time I have seen such a political communication that is open to dispute”, is also surprised by Thibaut, a high school history and geography teacher in the Reims academy. He was stunned to discover that the teachers’ salary increase was included in these documents. “What do we tell parents? That the quality of the service must necessarily improve because we gave a hundred euros more to teachers, with figures presented in part and without specifying that it does not even cover this year’s inflation for the majority of teachers? »he gets annoyed.
Exasperation has spread to the profession all the more quickly as this institutional communication adds to a particularly rhythmic political start for the Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, and for the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who have multiplied the interventions and announcements in recent weeks.
“It feels like the Café du Commerce! »
Géraldine may well be entering her thirtieth year as a history-geography professor at the college and be “used to” to see political and media attention crystallize on the ritual of going back to school, this time, “of fatigue”she ended up turning off the TV and radio. “Now, every day there’s a new idea from the president for the school, it’s like being at the Café du Commerce! »she gets angry, evoking one of the latest proposals from the Head of State, formulated in front of YouTuber Hugo Travers on September 4 and presented as “super important” : “Having students from 6e who are planting trees this year. »
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