The fight paid off, at the college of Aiguerelles, in Montpellier (Hérault). The parents’ collective announced the lifting of the blockage, started since the start of the school year to demand new human resources for this establishment, which they consider overcrowded.
If the students were able, this Wednesday, to go back to school, it is because the rectorate has agreed to increase the numbers. “In addition to the recruitment of two civic services to carry out animation and educational support missions for students,” the director of the departmental services of National Education “authorized the principal to recruit two full-time equivalents of teaching assistants. education (AED), one for the 2021-2022 school year, at least one until December ”.
“We will continue to alert decision-makers to all malfunctions”
“Reception and support conditions should be better for our children,” says the collective of parents from Aiguerelles. However, not all of our requests were met in terms of human resources: a second childcare center [conseiller principal d’éducation] and full time for the nurse. There also remain problems of adaptation and comfort of the premises in the face of the overcrowding of students (…) We will continue to alert decision-makers to all dysfunctions. “
In 2022, the department will inaugurate a new college in the area, in Port-Marianne. It should help unclog the college of Aiguerelles.