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More than 150 classes should close in Paris, 141 in Burgundy, 71 in the Eure department alone. The closures like the openings announced by the government for the start of the 2023 school year are already causing a lot of reactions in France.
Mobilized to save their school. In the village of Ordiarp in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, two half-posts risk being eliminated at the start of the next school year. The parents are angry. Same mobilization in Gimeaux, in Auvergne. More than 100 people demonstrated before the holidays, to defend their school. Here too, a class is threatened with closure. In the Allier at the start of the week, the elected officials of several municipalities joined the inhabitants.
Final version of the school map expected before the end of March
For rural mayors, school is the survival of their village. Class closures are decided academy by academy, depending on the number of students. The demographic decline since 2016 would explain these deletions. According to the Ministry of National Education, at the start of the next school year, there will be 64,000 fewer students in schools. Consequence: 1,500 teaching posts cut in the first and second degree. In Paris, nearly 184 classes are at risk of closing. The academies must submit their final version of the school map before the end of March. Adjustments may still take place until the next school year.
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