An Angers school choice in favor of the English rythm

English uniforms (Wikipedia)

With the end of the summer holidays and the return to school, issues regarding the scholar rythm put Angers on the front pages. While most of the French  and Angevins pupils attend school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning, at the Angers Isoret school, things are different. Pupils go to school from Monday to Friday morning, Wednesday included. The choice between the two formulas was offered a few years ago to Angers families who, on a large majority, decided to keep on the general mood. Only a school, the Isoret, dared to change in favor of a rythm which looks nearer to the English one.
 

The Isoret school (Credit : Isoret)

Generally, English primary schools run from Monday to Friday and the courses start at 9.00 am and finish at 3.00 or 4.00 pm what is precisely the schedules choosen by the Isoret. Apparently, the option suits to everybody : parents, pupils and teachers of the Isoret. It's also the stance of the municipal council of Angers even if that way is most costly to finance because, if the pupils leave school at 3.30 pm they must be occupied after in workshops paid by the city. "Hopefully", the French lenght of the scholar year is one of the shortest in Europa : 144 days in France compared to 190 days in England.

That is not the most visible difference. In England, scholar uniforms must be worn at all times while in France, their presence is not common. But the issue deserves to think about it. Presently Angers medias, which wonder about the cost of the scholarship as well as equality of opportunities and praised the increase of the scholar start year benefit, should also look to the cost of the fashion clothes for children. The uniform sets everyone at the same level and is free from the prices of fashion.