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This year, Ascension Thursday falls on May 9… the day after May 8, also a public holiday. An extremely rare case. In the West, with a return to school scheduled for the previous Monday for zone B, teachers fear that their students will be tempted to play hooky to extend their spring vacation.
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Students from the West, like those photographed here in front of a college in Château-Gontier (Mayenne), could be tempted to extend their spring break with the public holidays in May 2024. | DAVID ADEMAS / WEST-FRANCE
Will any students be truant at the start of next week? This is what some teachers fear, like Maxime who teaches in a small Normandy college: “Absenteeism is always complicated in May. But there… Monday and Tuesday, we will only have half the workforce. »
An extremely rare scenario
The reason for his fears? Coincidentally with the school calendar in zone B, this return from spring break falls two days before Wednesday May 8, followed immediately by Ascension Thursday.Two public holidays in a row, a rarity.
With the day without classes…
