The staff of the Jean-Rostand high school in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) announced on Wednesday that they wanted to exercise their right of withdrawal, the day after fireworks were fired at the school and the fire of a vehicle.
In a press release, the staff of the school evokes “voluntary fire starts, mortar fire (fireworks) in the establishment (…) and the arson of an educational vehicle”, resulting in 60 staff members present to vote to exercise their right of withdrawal, “because of an imminent dangerous situation”.
Mortar fire and a burned-out vehicle
There were no injuries or arrests, according to a police source. A mortar fire would also have taken place Tuesday morning in a corridor of the establishment, according to testimonies of teachers who did not attend classes this Wednesday morning, confirming information from the newspaper The Parisian, while only apprenticeship students were allowed to join their course.
The staff demand, in its press release, the creation of “four posts of educational assistants to ensure efficient supervision”. “We said stop! », Explains Vincent Smith, union representative of SUD-Education, because« we cannot guarantee to families our capacity to welcome their children in good conditions ». The trade unionist assures us that insecurity “is skyrocketing”, while recalling that only “a small minority of students is responsible”.
Teachers received by the academic director
“The context has been abnormally difficult since the start of the year,” continued Vincent Smith, denouncing the abolition of a post of senior education advisor and the lack of human and material resources. A delegation of six teachers and staff members was invited at the end of the morning by the academic director of the national education services of Yvelines. “We will listen to them and see what solutions we can put in place,” said the academic inspection of the department. However “nothing is the right of withdrawal from a regulatory point of view,” said the spokesperson.