The Plateau school is not the only one to ask its students to choose between sport and studies

The Plateau school is not the only educational establishment in the province that asks students to make a choice between their passion and school.

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Several comments have reached us over the last few days, from parents or teachers, pointing out that the situation at the Plateau school was not unique.

Other school service centers across the province prevent students pursuing enriched science and mathematics from participating in sports or cultural concentrations.

Disparities

The outing of Minister Drainville on Tuesday, who asked the Charlevoix school service center as well as the governing board of the Plateau school to review the decision voted on last Monday evening, therefore challenged several parents across the province, who experience the same type of situation in their school.

“When I see Minister Drainville’s exit, I tell myself that he is not well aware of the disparities in his schools,” the mother of a student from the Le Prélude school in Mascouche told us on the phone. , whose daughter had to give up her soccer concentration program to be able to take her enriched science and math classes. She preferred to remain anonymous so as not to harm her child.

For his part, Alexandre Gobeil is the father of a third-year secondary student at La Camaradière school in Quebec.

His son is currently majoring in music and will have to choose between pursuing his passion next year, or giving it up to take part in enhanced courses.

“My son is doing well thanks to music. It’s a shame he has to make a choice.”

Schools must listen

From Minister Drainville’s office, we are told that the government cannot manage each such file individually, and that they are currently focusing on the case of the Plateau school.

“In this particular situation, we are asking the Charlevoix CSS and the school’s governing board to listen to the discontent of parents and students on whom there will currently be an impact,” a spokesperson replied to us. word of the minister.

“That said, we cannot go into detail about how each school operates. The priority remains the success, motivation and well-being of students. Special projects are a very good way to achieve these objectives. To achieve this, schools must remain attentive.”