Question 8310 — teaching

Summary

Mr. Damien Maudet questions the Minister of State, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research, about the schools closed throughout the country due to the heatwave. “Yesterday, at the primary school in Limoges where I teach, 2 students felt unwell (nausea, dizziness). We called their parents so that they could return home and go to the doctor.” For 2 weeks, the heat wave has created untenable situations in classrooms, both for teachers and students. Testimonies from teachers for whom the temperature in the classroom exceeds 30° in the morning are legion. Although the entire country is affected, not all schools are affected in the same way. Those whose buildings are properly insulated, which have green exteriors, which have the capacity to keep certain rooms cold, whose windows allow correct ventilation at times when the temperature cools, are able to cope with heat peaks. For others, the choice is limited: accommodate students in overheated rooms, or close. This is why for this last week of classes, more than 1,200 schools had to close their doors. While some offer correct alternative care for children, not all do. cannot and some parents find themselves forced to find a childcare solution, sometimes in even worse conditions for the child than if the school had remained open. Management of school buildings is certainly the responsibility of town halls, but not all of them have the financial capacity to carry out the work necessary to make buildings resilient to heat peaks. Furthermore, the energy renovation of buildings and more broadly, adaptation to the effects of climate change is a largely national subject. In this area, the Government's results are not up to the challenge and the signals sent are alarming, as with the suspension of the MaPrimeRénov' system. Leaving town halls, whose budgets are constantly being cut, alone in the face of the scale of the work to be carried out is the assurance of seeing school closures during periods of heatwave multiply. The State must support communities that need it to carry out their work to adapt to high heat. What's more if, as the President of the Republic wishes, school schedules are destined to evolve with more classes in July and August. Consequently, she asks him what the Government's plan is to ensure that these episodes do not repeat themselves.

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