School calendar 2026–2027:
LFI Tokyo made the following proposal:

• Students to start the school year on 1 September 2026
• Alternations of 7 weeks of classes (except for the last 8‑week period) and 2 weeks of short holidays
• 6 Japanese public holidays not worked, allowing for 5 long weekends

The FLT did not submit an alternative proposal, and the proposed calendar was approved with 15 votes FOR and 2 votes AGAINST.
By splitting their 8 votes into 6 FOR and 2 AGAINST, the FLT wished to represent the parents who had asked for the Christmas holidays to be extended to make it easier to travel back to France.

The idea of a calendar with 3 weeks of Christmas holidays was abandoned for the following reasons:

• For some children, this would mean 3 weeks without exposure to French, which affects how smoothly they get started again after the holidays.
• Shortening one of the other holiday periods by a week is not desirable (children already return very tired).
• Working on 5 Japanese public holidays instead is difficult for locally hired staff and for some teachers whose children attend Japanese daycare.
• Extending classes by one week in July creates many difficulties (intense heat, secondary teachers mobilised for the baccalauréat, contractual constraints for some staff).

Miscellaneous information:

LFI Tokyo received 58 requests for changes of language pathways for the second semester. Of these, 12 requests received an unfavourable opinion, and 10 requests to return to the standard pathway were approved.

The 2025 Téléthon solidarity event raised 1,666 euros. The FLT contributed significantly by organising sales of cakes and Christmas cards.

The FLT funded the purchase of 28 fencing masks with the proceeds from the 2025 raffle. These were delivered in January 2026.

Unlike in September–October 2025, the rate of absence among English teachers has been very low since November. Nevertheless, LFI Tokyo has launched a recruitment procedure for a substitute teacher. Families are informed of absences in PARL and SI pathways, but not in the standard pathway, as there are fewer hours.

The rules of the French Ministry of Education require 108 hours of physical education per year, i.e. an average of 3 hours per week. The school and the teachers are free to choose the types of sports practised and to organise lighter or more intensive periods of practice, depending on projects and weather conditions.

Teachers note a decline in the level of mastery of the French language over the past 20 years. The committee that decides on entry into the PARL/SI pathways, which require a good command of French, will therefore apply more demanding criteria at the end of the year. LFI Tokyo once again urges all parents to be aware of how important it is to support their child in French outside school time.