Nearly half of kindergarten and primary teachers will be on strike this Thursday, January 19, against the pension reform. Parents will have to organize themselves.

“I don’t know how I’m going to look after the children. I hire at six in the morning, my husband too“, confides, distraught, a mother of a student in front of the Darcy school in Dijon. This Thursday, January 19, her children’s school will be almost completely closed, the strike against the pension reform promises to be very popular among teachers. . “It’s going to be a mess, honestly, I don’t know what we’re going to do, we’ll see“, confirms a dad.

According to figures from the rectorate of Burgundy given on January 18 at midday, between a third and half of the teachers will be on strike on Thursday, depending on the departments.

• In Côte-d’Or, 1,022 teachers out of 1,945 filed a declaration of intent to strike, or 52.5% of the workforce.
• In the Nièvre, 473 teachers out of 1059 intend to strike, or 44.6% of the workforce.
• In Saône-et-Loire, 930 teachers out of 2,842 intend to strike, or 32.7% of the workforce.
• In Yonne, 596 teachers out of 1,482 intend to strike, or 40.22% of the workforce.

In total, 3,021 teachers out of 7,328 have filed an intention to strike in Burgundy, or 41.2% of the workforce in the region. According to the first teachers’ union, the percentage of strikers will rather reach 60%, and 68 schools will be completely closed in Côte-d’Or.

The organization promises to be difficult for families. Some may rely on grandparents to look after the children. Others put on telecommuting. And for those who have no solution, you should know that the municipalities are required to provide a minimum reception service: if there are more than 25% of strikers in the first degree, the town halls must welcome the students in a dedicated room.

In Dijon, the Camille-Claudel room is available. With however, as its name suggests, a “minimum” service: “Reception is only during school time“, explains Philippe Roy, director and teacher of the Jean-Jaurès school, which will be completely closed this Thursday.

“Parents have to pick up their children at noon and bring them back in the afternoon. It’s not as comprehensive a service as a school day, where students are looked after from morning until evening .”

The Camille-Claudel room will welcome the children of Dijon from 8:40 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and from 1:40 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. “We are not here to annoy the parents of students, but we have to show the difficulties we encounter in the face of this reform“, justifies Philippe Roy.

Note that it is more difficult to anticipate the number of strikers on the side of the second degree (college and high school): in the first degree, teachers have the obligation to declare themselves at least 48 hours in advance. In the second degree, they can wait the same day. So we will be fixed this Thursday morning.