Mayor reopens two schools accusing Emmanuel Macron of "lying"

This is the happy epilogue of a fight that lasted three years for Roggenhouse, a small town of 469 inhabitants, in the Haut-Rhin. In the absence of sufficient staff, the
kindergarten had closed in 2017 and the
primary school was threatened with closure in 2020,
as recalls France Bleu Alsace.

Angry, the mayor wrote to Emmanuel Macron in early May. "I thanked him for lying twice, during his campaign and on April 25 during his press conference," he said. 20 minutes Henri Masson, who shared
his rant on Facebook.

"We could not let our schools die"

It must be said that the president had indeed committed to no longer close primary schools during his five-year term.
A commitment relayed by the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, who had confirmed that primary schools would no longer be closed against the advice of mayors.

"We could not let our schools die. Especially since we had made promises, "says the mayor. The good news comes three weeks after his mail in the form of a letter from the Academy of Strasbourg.

Which one announces that the reopening of the nursery school at the beginning of the school year and keeps it of the primary school, "in accordance with the commitment of the president of the French Republic", indicates the missive. "This is really good news," says Henri Masson, who regrets, however, having to fight so much to "enforce the presidential promise."