At the time when a preliminary report on the school schedule is to be submitted to Luc Châtel, pilot classes are beginning their second semester. In Menton, the Pierre and Marie Curie College is part of the test classes for these new schedules.
Morning classes, cultural activities in the afternoon. This is how the schedules of the pilot classes testing the new school rhythm are organized. Hervé Beauvais, the principal of the Pierre and Marie Curie high school in Menton, volunteered to be part of this planning experiment.
Proposed by the Ministry of Education last July, the implementation of the new schedules took effect at the start of the September 2010 school year. A reorganization of classes with core subjects in the morning and the afternoon dedicated to cultural, sporting, and personalized support activities. Hervé Beauvais already praises the merits of these new schedules: “We notice a real commitment on the part of our students. Even if they are not destined to be true athletes, they attend their courses diligently and are truly invested in the sporting activities!”
Too Early to Make a Conclusion
Even though the new rhythm was implemented at the start of September 2010, it is still too early to draw a real conclusion from the experience. “It is still early to draw any results from the experiment. Especially in terms of academic success.” A comparison with the control class will be conducted at the end of the school year; it is then that the assessment will be made.
In the meantime, a preliminary report was submitted today to Luc Châtel. This report recommends, among other things, a four-and-a-half-day week and a reduction in summer holidays. A debate that is far from over. The government’s final decisions are expected in May 2011.
