Toulouse. École Dupont: “We have redoubled our efforts to clean everything up”
In Saint-Michel, the teachers of the Dupont elementary school were not sure on the eve of the start of the school year that they could welcome the students in good conditions (read our edition yesterday). The school, under construction during the summer, finished being cleaned this Thursday only. “The state of the school does not allow the children to be accommodated in basic conditions of hygiene and safety. The cleaning of the school could not take place. All parts of the school are still saturated with dust. Among the adults, three are affected by respiratory discomfort”, explained the teachers who notified their hierarchy of their right of withdrawal.
“Significant work was carried out during the summer to improve the accessibility of the Dupont elementary school by allowing in particular an elevator, explains the town hall of Toulouse. For security reasons, they must be taken out of the presence of pupils and teachers and will therefore continue during the All Saints holidays and the Christmas holidays”.
Unfortunately, the site has taken some delay as the Capitol deplores: “The work of drilling the walls on each floor to create the elevator shaft was delayed and was completed at the end of last week. Despite the break in tarpaulins to prevent the classrooms from being too dirty, the construction site generated a lot of dust.
This situation thus led to the simultaneous presence in the school of teachers who had come to prepare their classes for the start of the new school year, of the masonry company which was finishing securing its site and putting away its equipment and of the cleaning company commissioned to restore state of the school in reinforcement of the municipal technical agents”.
According to the town hall, “these same agents have redoubled their efforts to clean everything and finish, until the last hours before the opening, to dust off the entire school for the well-being of students and teachers. “. The premises could therefore be cleaned in time. “The teams will remain mobilized to clean the dust from the walls, inherent in this kind of construction site, which will still be observed in the coming days” specifies the town hall of Toulouse.