Two weeks before the end of the school year, the collective of independent parent representatives (which includes 200 parent representatives from 83 schools) is feeling the pinch.
Affront
After a first meeting with the mediator of the City of Lyon, on June 10, where they were able to present their questions and concrete requests regarding the new organization of evening after-school activities (called PEPS), they learned that the next meeting, the July 1, will be done without the Education Assistant, Stéphanie Léger, and only in the presence of education services. From there to being a refusal to dialogue, there is only one step that parents take as an affront.
Reservations on practical implementation
However, at the forefront of what is happening in schools and the echoes circulating there, they affirm today: “During school councils and information meetings on the subject of PEPS, popular education associations , medico-social staff, parents, teachers… All say they are undergoing this reform and do not adhere to it. They express – often half-heartedly, out of a duty of reserve – reservations about the operation, the practical implementation, the resources allocated. » Their conclusion: “It is becoming obvious that this project is imposed on teams who must now “sell” it to parents and implement it as best they can and who have no answer regarding the training of the facilitators , job descriptions, remuneration, contracts… »
Contacted, the town hall decided not to comment.
Claims
Since April, this collective, which launched a consultation and collected the opinions of 1,700 people, has been raising its voice to obtain adjustments to the reform that would suit the greatest number of parents. Starting with the possibility of a staggered exit for all children from 5:30 p.m. and a change in prices (“increase the number of family quotient brackets or introduce real-time pricing”).
