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Resignation of the principal of the Maurice Ravel high school: “security questions” cited
The principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris explains that he is leaving his position for “security issues”, the rectorate instead cites an early retirement.
(franceinfo)
The principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris explains that he is leaving his position for “security issues”, the rectorate instead cites an early retirement.
He says he is leaving his position for security reasons in an email sent to teachers and parents. Since the end of February, the principal from the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris is threatened with death on social networks following an altercation with a student who refused to remove her veil. The rectorate, for its part, evokes a departure for “personal convenience”.
Avoid controversy
These terms shock some teaching unions. “We see that there is a huge gap between the words of the head of the establishment which we naturally support and the terms of the press release in question”according to Maxime Reppert, vice-president of the national union of high schools and collegesAnd higher education schools. National education reacted to avoid controversy. She indicates in a press release that it understands the decision of the head of the establishment and recalls that there State mobilization in this affair was total.
