A father, who filed a complaint for acts of touching his daughter in a school in Yvelines, told BFM TV that he had received a letter similar to the one which had deeply shocked the parents of Nicolas, who committed suicide after been harassed. In this letter, the existence of which was confirmed by the Versailles rectorate at 20 minutesthe rectorate enjoins this father to “adopt a constructive and respectful attitude”, terms similar to those used with Nicolas’s parents.
In a press release received by 20 minutes, the Minister of Education Gabriel Attal “strongly condemned” this Friday the tone of this letter, sent in May. “With regard to the Versailles academy, the first reports from the audit that it triggered indicate that other letters of this type were sent to several families,” adds rue de Grenelle. Gabriel Attal “will go to the Versailles rectorate on Monday morning to take stock with the new rector”, appointed in mid-July.
“Lightness and casualness”
In this new case, the family said that their daughter had been the victim of sexual touching on the part of an after-school activity leader, in Andrésy (Yvelines). What particularly shocked this family, according to the father’s testimony collected by BFM TV, was that the parents were not contacted immediately after the acts of touching reported by the child; in charge of the extracurricular who will contact them later, after having questioned the child, who in the meantime has returned to class. “I am deeply shocked, but even more stunned by the lightness and casualness you show” this father then wrote in a letter to the attention of the director and the rectorate of Versailles.
In a letter to the family dated May 4, 2023, the Versailles rectorate said it was aware that the parents had, in March, “accused the management staff of the Denouval school”, in Andrésy, “of having committed professional misconduct by neglecting and failing to take the necessary measures” and “threatened to file a complaint for failure to assist a person in danger”.
Threat
Assuring that the procedure “has been fully respected”, the rectorate affirms that the words and behavior of the family towards National Education staff are “unacceptable”, in this letter of which AFP obtained a copy. He urges them to “adopt from now on a constructive and respectful attitude” towards “all National Education staff”, promising that he will otherwise take “all necessary measures”. Terms similar to those used in the letter addressed to the parents of young Nicolas.
“For the minister, things are clear: it is a question of being transparent about the extent of this practice, of putting an end to it, and of drawing all the consequences,” continues the ministry.
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal condemned the terms and tone of a letter sent in the spring by this rectorate to the parents of Nicolas, a 15-year-old high school student in Poissy (Yvelines), victim of school harassment for years. month. He committed suicide the day after the start of the 2023 school year. Gabriel Attal announced on Monday the launch of an audit on the management of cases of harassment from September 2022 to September 2023 in each academy.