Gabriel and his brother Simon were disciplined and ostracized at school for wearing a dress and skirt during class.
The private and catholic school Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc in Tours does not tolerate certain types of clothing. The establishment judged did not appreciate the initiative of two little boys, who chose to come to school wearing, for one, a skirt, and for the other a dress.
The newspaper The world reported this information on June 18. The two brothers aged 6 and 4 “spent the day in a government office” writes the media. Gabriel and Simon were “under adult supervision, with a set of colored pencils.”
No way for them to be seen by the other students, they were simply put away for the whole day. Even during activities where all the children are together, they were not allowed to leave this office.
“They were sent to recess together, outside the slots reserved for other students. Banned from the canteen, they ate their meal, alone, in the room where they were confined”further specify The world.
Parents denounce the behavior of the school
The Catholic institution has not done in half measures. In the obligation to keep the pupils for the school day, she quite simply chose autarky to isolate the children from the rest of the school. A decision that frankly did not please the parents of the two boys. They decided to file a handrail at the police station and appealed to the Defender of Rights. For parents, no legal basis can authorize the exclusion of children for wearing this type of outfit.
The couple were shocked at the exclusion of their two sons. The parents opted for a non-gendered education and immediately accepted the desire of their eldest, Gabriel, to wear dresses. A choice that parents want to enforce.
The parents had already asked the establishment if they could send their children dressed in dresses and skirts. The school had not categorically refused but had asked for time to prepare “psychologically” the other students to see boys “dressed as a girl”. However, the private institution never gave the green light, which is why the parents, tired of waiting, let their boys wear what they wanted. Faced with the situation, the parents of Gabriel and Simon plan to change their children’s school, from the start of the next school year.