What's a Tuesday night without a small protest???? School cuts happen in France too! At Jacob and Joshua's school, the parents have been told one class is being cut. They do not have funding for the 5th teacher. So, this means larger classes, mostly likely combined grade levels, and some kids having to go to a different school. Obviously, none of this sounds good to parents! We have shown our support int he actions of the parent council, first with a "noise" session outside of the school a couple weeks ago, and just last night, a session outside the town hall!
This was the video from our session last night. We made noise for about 25 minutes. We were right outside the doors of the town hall to start, so that any councillors had to walk through the group to get inside. The president of the parent council was talking to each member as they enter into town hall, explaining what we were doing, how it was impacting our school. As the meeting started, the group moved into the town hall courtyard. This is where the video is taken.
Todd, a local celebrity now!! This was the first session outside the school! The article ran in our local paper, as well as the Marseille paper!
And this is the email we received about participating in the event!
MARDI 10 AVRIL à 18h devant l'Hôtel de Ville, 1 minute de bruit pour se faire entendre !!!
Dans la continuité de nos actions contre les fermetures de classes, nous vous incitons à participer à un rassemblement lors du prochain conseil municipal de la
mairie d'Aix.
Il faut être nombreux pour se faire entendre de nos élus.
