The “second chance school” (E2C) is the school for reengaging dropouts. Founded in 1997 under the impetus of Edith Cresson, these schools welcome 15,000 young people aged 18 to 26 each year, without a diploma and without training, to give them, in about six months, a “second chance”.
Therefore, when a proposal was presented at last Thursday’s Metropolitan Council to create an E2C, Dominique Boy-Mottard naturally welcomed this initiative. However, President Estrosi couldn’t resist his tendency for political controversy by claiming that the representative of the Radical Movement, by approving this resolution, was making her… self-criticism.
As the press has covered this exchange, I want to clarify the chronology of events on this blog.
2008: During the municipal elections, the list “Gauche Autrement” which I have the honor to lead, is the only one that proposes the “second chance school” in its program. Based on a proposal from our colleague Clotilde Gimond, it was even Dominique who was responsible for finalizing this point in our program while organizing communication around the, at the time, very innovative proposal.
2009: After the municipal elections, Christian Estrosi, the pragmatic politician who specializes in adopting proposals from other lists (examples include Gare du Sud, Palais de l’Agriculture, and the green corridor for us), wanted to implement a “second chance school”.
2010: The region, led by the left, refused to establish a “second chance school” in Nice which it had funded for Marseille. Even though it wasn’t the first time the 06 was neglected, this refusal is incomprehensible. However, as for us, we couldn’t do anything (I had resigned from the Region as early as 1998).
2018: The new regional majority agreed to fund the Metropolitan’s initiative. We welcome this because we are consistent and refuse partisan sectarianism. End of story.
The new Estrosi, a proponent of the “new politics”, should appreciate this…
by Patrick Mottard
