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| Collège Eau Vive, Breil |
What a hazzle it has been... for a year and a half I've been busy finding and registering the kids into their new schools as of Sept 2012. Ending up in a completely different direction than what we originally had in mind!! Time has actually been in our favour and we've learned from our mistakes and picked up on new regulations. The fact that the kids actually doesn't have the right to remain in the french public school system, if we move right across the border, came as a bad bad surprise only 2 months ago. You think you have everything under control and lined up, only to find out; NOT... The law says that the kids have the right to remain in the french education system, but if we officially live in Italy, we have to enroll them into a french school IN Italy. There is of course no french school on the horizon, best case you might find one 100 kms down south in Imperia. Or Genua. There are two excellent french schools right across the border at 7, resp 10 kms distance. Not possible. Hip hip hurrah for Europe. Very efficient.
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| View from school |
So, we have to keep an address in France, it is "as simple as that". At least to start off with. Luckily I have a new wonderful friend in Sospel, running a B&B and a vacation house rental. She's leased us her rental house for the next year, so that we have our administration still registered in France until we've finished the work in Olivetta and officially can register as Italians and start our new business. Enough time to get the school regististrations in order, our social security intact and not moving into unknown territory too fast. Plenty of time "to do things right". However, we will physically be staying at all times in Olivetta, the house rental in Sospel only covers for our address on paper.
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| Breil s/Roya |
So last week we deposited the enrollement - registrations documents at Gabriella and Benjamin's new school "Collège Eau Vive" in Breil s/Roya, where they were officially accepted! Gabriella starts her last year in Collège (3eme) and Benjamin in his first (6eme). A great school! Only one class of each school year with a max amount of 20-23 pupils/class. The school has been completely redone and modernized, a "Rolls Royce" compared to other schools, those were the Principal's own words.. Benjamin's dyslexie gets special attention and is registered at the the School Academy, granting him certain favours and more official time for interrogations, exams and other school activities. Super!!! Plenty of outdoor activities in this school. The whole wednesday afternoon is dedicated to sports, all "mountain related". Depending on season, a variety of climbing, kayak, downhill ski etc. Awesome. We feel so good about this school, the kids are happy too and it is a HUGE relief to finally have confirmation that the education/school part has been settled. When your kids are happy, your happy too. I'll leave you on this happy note. One less hurdle on our exciting path towards our new life in Olivetta. Counting down.... - 2 months, 1 week and 1 day and off we go. La dolce vita. Eventually ;))) Amore, Jen
