Attendees

Parent representatives:Ms. Després, Ms. Cottet

School Management: Ms. Campels, Mr. Ragouvin, Mr. Jublot

Student representatives: 2 students

Summary of some items on the agenda: 

• School calendar

Favorable opinion on the school’s proposal

• Start of the 2026 school year:

Provisional structure: 34 classes (5 classes per grade from 6th to 11th grade; and 4 classes in 12th grade)

Mapping of courses:

Choices are required for the start of the 2026/27 academic year, in a context of budget cuts:

> Attention will be paid to the number of students enrolled before opening an option or specialty.

In practice, the specialties or options that may pose a problem are:

• HLP (2 students currently in Tale)
• SVT: low enrollment, but the high school does not plan to eliminate it due to its specific nature
• German: currently fewer than 10 students in 11th and 12th grades combined
• Latin: It works well to combine 11th and 12th grade levels
• CAV: It depends on the year; the PB may be in 10th grade. Combining 11th and 12th grades is OK.

> Management will pay close attention to the cumulating options, especially in 12th grade:

• Technical feasibility
• Workload for the student concerned
• Impact on the schedule for the entire grade level
  • Pay attention to the student’s pace
  • Fairness in relation to Parcoursup (race for options)

In practice, it will no longer be possible to combine Latin with CAV or Japanese LV3 in addition to SIA.

> Latin: historically, Latin was compulsory in 7th and 8th grade. Two years ago, a reform was introduced making it compulsory only in 7th grade, with one hour of lessons per week.

The school administration proposes that Latin be optional from 7th grade onwards (one hour in 7th grade and three hours in 8th and 9th grades).

Proposal from the student representatives: there should be an introduction/initiation in 6th grade to attract students.

• Parents Questions:

Would it be possible to have a science class in English at LFIT as part of the BFI curriculum? This seems to be the case in other schools in the network. It could be a great help to students who want to study in English-speaking countries when it comes to entrance exams or placement tests. They often have many math tests, lack the appropriate vocabulary, and lose points because of this. The BFI could then really prepare students who want to feel comfortable continuing their studies in the English-speaking world.

Answer: Long answer on regulations. In summary, only the SI Chinese section offers maths instead of HG in DNL. If scientific education is also offered, it must therefore be part of the core curriculum (within the limits of the hourly quotas per student). In the final cycle, only “Enseignement Scientifique” is therefore possible.
This is not realistic at LFIT in terms of timetabling.

Which exam centers in Tokyo will be used this year for higher education entrance exams? Will exams such as GEIPI Polytech or IEP province be offered?

Answer: 

• Geipi-Polytech will take place on April 28 at EIFJ, as it did last year.
• IEP: There is no exam center in Japan.

FLESCO: How many students are benefiting from it in middle school and high school this year? Are teachers invited to the class council meetings of the students concerned in order to review their progress? How is the decision to stop FLESCO classes made? Is it a question of timetabling? A certain level of French achieved?

Answer: This year, only 6th and 7th grade students, 1 to 2 hours per week, outside of class. In 6th grade, 2 students. In 7th grade, 5 students.
FLESCO teachers provide assessments to the students’ teachers, participate in RIPP, etc.
Normally, FLESCO lasts one year. The expected level of proficiency to graduate from FLESCO is A2. If after 2-3 years the children have not reached the expected level, an assessment of the difficulties is made with the families.

Why does the student’s overall average no longer appear in Pronote? Can you tell us what criteria are taken into account for promotion to the next grade in middle school and for high school placement? And for 9th grade, how is the continuous assessment score used for the Brevet calculated?

Answer: The overall average is not usually available in Pronote (except for possible bugs at the beginning of the year). However, the student’s average per subject is available.
For promotion to the next grade, middle schools apply the principle of educational continuity, as well as an overall assessment of the student:

• mastery of core skills
• student progress
• student behavior/attitude.

For guidance at the end of 9th grade and 10th grade, please refer to the documents sent to families and available on the school’s website.

Change in grading for the Brevet: for the continuous assessment component, the calculation is based on the grades received by the student during the year. The average of the continuous assessment now counts for 40% of the final grade and the one-off assessment for 60%. Parents of 9th graders have received detailed information on this subject.