DVDs, a moped, an apartment and… jobs for kindergarten students! In the town of Hilsenheim (Bas-Rhin), you can really find everything on Leboncoin. Even this symbolic announcement posted last week by parents of elected students from the establishment. Their objective: to avoid the closure of a class.
“We had already made displays in the village, an online petition which collected more than 500 signatures in April and we are also preparing a letter for the director of the academy, lists a mother. There, we were looking for an action and we wanted to mark the occasion. In an original way and not without humour. “The elected parents of the Hilsenheim school, a rural town of 2,646 inhabitants, are looking for children to attend kindergarten (from 3 to 5 years old) preferably with their families. Indeed, we are not sure of being able to keep our four kindergarten classes, as at present. Administratively, we are only missing 2.5 students (good if you have a whole body we are willing to accept it)”, is it written before the “benefits” of the position are listed. Child care, infrastructure, etc.
How to attract future students? “We had a lot of support but not yet a favorable response, replies the mother, who does not spare her trouble. I even called real estate agents who had properties for sale in the area to tell parents to register their children quickly. »
Because, according to the current accounts, there is not a lot of students missing in order to maintain the four classes today composed of about twenty elements. “We are at 86 children in forecast and it would take 88.5 according to the threshold communicated to us by the academy. That’s why we put 2.5 on the ad, ”explains the parent representative, aware that her fight may surprise elsewhere. Especially in places where students sometimes meet more than 30…
“Why don’t we respect this rule here?” »
“It’s true, but our school also welcomes children from the La Providence home, who often need a protected environment. And then think of the little ones who go from ten in the crèche to 30… In addition, the national education system recommends today not to exceed 24 pupils in the large section. Why don’t we respect this rule here? “, she argues, knowing that time is running out.
By June 20, the academy should stop its class numbers. “It seems premature to me knowing that we will probably have these three more students at the start of the school year. It would be silly to close a class and then come back to this decision later, ”adds the mother, determined to continue the actions. On Tinder?