Just listening to a debate on UK TV on whether the Easter holidays should be linked to the actual church festival or fixed to make things easier for business and holidaymakers, we were reminded that here in our laique country the break is actually called the "Spring holiday" and is fixed to the last 2/3 weeks of April, depending on which educational zone you are in (called "academies"). Most of our children here in Zone A, which includes the Bordeaux academy, start their holidays on 11th April, though they will have tomorrow, Easter Monday, off school as a jour férié .
Bowing to pressure from the tourist industry, especially mountain ski resorts, the government has decided to make the Spring holiday a week earlier for the next three years. And the Academies have been re-drawn to align them with the new regions. So our local schools are now attached to Zone C, which includes Toulouse academy.
To maintain the six week gap between holidays, the Winter holiday will also be pushed back a week in February. The ski industry has welcomed the changes. Nothing has been heard from parents or teachers.
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ps have a happy Easter and a warm Spring holiday.
