Lavaur.Debate around the name of the Mazasses nursery school<

The last session of the Lavaur Municipal Council was held this Tuesday, September 21, around 6.30 p.m. A fairly quickly dispatched session since the ten points discussed were treated in less than 45 minutes without great discussion.

A small debate was nevertheless held around the question of the new name of the Mazasses nursery school.The municipality, responding to a previous request from the opposition to see more names of female historical figures in Lavaur, has indeed proposed to name it nursery school Comtesse-de-Ségur.This famous novelist for children was notably chosen because of her link with the territory since her granddaughters, Camille and Madeleine de Malaret, who served as a model for her novel "Les Petite Filles Models", are buried in the cemetery ofSaint-Sernin-des-ie, in Verfeil, a neighboring town of Lavaur.

This local connection was not enough, in any case, to convince the opposition, which proved to be quite critical of this choice."Among the French novelists of the 19th century, you retained the one who refers to the image of the most conventional woman there, said Pauline Albouy Pomponne. We would have preferred a more modern personality and a more playful choice."

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A criticized choice

The choice of a religious personality, the Countess of Ségur having become a Franciscan tertiary in 1866 under the name of Sister Marie-Françoise, for a public establishment and therefore secular was also criticized.At the same time, the opposition has made a series of alternative proposals, such as George Sand or Olympe de Gouges."No name will be consensus," continued Vincent Thénard. But it is important that he is selected by the main concerned, children, their parents, the inhabitants of the neighborhood. "

"Parents of students, like children, are temporary, has replied Bernard Carayon, while the name of the school will stay in time. It is up to us to assume the responsibility of thisname."However, he said he had long considered the name of Olympe de Gouges, a name he will keep, he said, for the next time.