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2mo ago

Alsace Village Enrolls Five Heifers to Protest Threatened Class Cut

The stunt presses education officials to reconsider a cut tied to a 100 pupil threshold.

Abondance, Amandine, Abeille, Arlette et Amsel vont être inscrites à l'école pour alerter sur la fermeture d'une classe.
[Daniel Perron Hans Lucas Hans Lucas via AFP]

Overview

  • Parents and local officials in Moosch placed five heifers outside the village school Tuesday and filed symbolic enrollment forms to try to keep a class.
  • The school expects 66 elementary pupils and 30 in kindergarten next year, which the mayor says is four short of the 100 needed to keep all five classes.
  • In interviews Tuesday, Mayor José Schruoffeneger said the action was playful in tone but driven by anger and meant to draw the attention of national education staff.
  • Across France, class closures and openings in primary schools often track enrollment thresholds set by education authorities, a system that can hit small villages hard.
  • The protest coincided with a SNUipp‑FSU call that up to 30% of primary teachers could strike over job cuts and class closures.