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La Fondation du Lycée Français International <strong>de</strong> Washington<br />

Lycée Rochambe<strong>au</strong><br />

<strong>Réponse</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>pétition</strong> <strong>visant</strong> <strong>au</strong> <strong>gel</strong> (<strong>ou</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>diminution</strong>) <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité p<strong>ou</strong>r une durée <strong>de</strong> trois ans<br />

Reply to the petition requesting a three year school tuition fees’ freeze (or <strong>de</strong>crease)<br />

1<br />

Le 10 juin 2010,<br />

Chers parents d’élèves,<br />

V<strong>ou</strong>s avez peut-être eu connaissance <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>pétition</strong> qu’un parent d’élève fait circuler <strong>au</strong> sein <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong><br />

commun<strong>au</strong>té Rochambe<strong>au</strong>, exigeant <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> Fondation un <strong>gel</strong> (voire même une <strong>diminution</strong>) du montant<br />

<strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité sur les trois prochaines années.<br />

Ayant eu l’occasion <strong>de</strong> n<strong>ou</strong>s entretenir avec l’<strong>au</strong>teur <strong>de</strong> cette <strong>pétition</strong>, n<strong>ou</strong>s lui avons exposé que n<strong>ou</strong>s<br />

n’étions pas en mesure <strong>de</strong> prendre un tel engagement.<br />

D’une part, plusieurs obligations contractuelles liant le Lycée <strong>ou</strong> <strong>la</strong> Fondation ne n<strong>ou</strong>s le permettent<br />

pas :<br />

le Conventionnement AEFE du Lycée Rochambe<strong>au</strong>, récemment ren<strong>ou</strong>velé, prévoit une<br />

contribution annuelle <strong>de</strong> 6% <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité exigible <strong>à</strong> compter <strong>de</strong> l’année sco<strong>la</strong>ire 2011-<br />

2012 ;<br />

les accords collectifs actuellement en négociation avec le personnel administratif et enseignant du<br />

Lycée n’envisagent pas un <strong>gel</strong> <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> sa<strong>la</strong>ires (encore moins leur <strong>diminution</strong>) et le résultat <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong>dites<br />

négociations <strong>au</strong>ra un impact sur les trois années <strong>à</strong> venir;<br />

le contrat <strong>de</strong> location du campus <strong>de</strong> Rollingwood, venant <strong>à</strong> expiration, doit être ren<strong>ou</strong>velé et une<br />

<strong>au</strong>gmentation éventuelle <strong>de</strong> loyer est <strong>à</strong> considérer ;<br />

les termes du prêt immobilier s<strong>ou</strong>scrit p<strong>ou</strong>r <strong>la</strong> rénovation et l’agrandissement du campus <strong>de</strong><br />

Forest Road doivent être honorés ;<br />

<strong>de</strong> façon générale, l’<strong>au</strong>gmentation annuelle <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> coûts opérationnels, malgré une politique<br />

pru<strong>de</strong>nte et rig<strong>ou</strong>reuse en matière <strong>de</strong> dépenses, ne peut être écartée.<br />

D’<strong>au</strong>tre part, le nive<strong>au</strong> <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité prend en compte les éléments suivants :<br />

le maintien d'un nombre d'élèves acceptable par c<strong>la</strong>sse ;<br />

le maintien <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> qualité et du dynamisme <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> enseignements, <strong>de</strong> l’équipe pédagogique (en<br />

assurant sa formation continue) et <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>ou</strong>tils <strong>de</strong> travail ;<br />

le maintien <strong>ou</strong> l’amélioration d’un cadre <strong>de</strong> travail agréable et sécurisé sur l’ensemble <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> trois<br />

campus.<br />

Ces contraintes, associées <strong>à</strong> notre volonté <strong>de</strong> mener <strong>à</strong> bien un projet <strong>de</strong> consolidation <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> trois campus<br />

en <strong>de</strong>ux campus, <strong>à</strong> moyen terme, empêchent d'envisager <strong>de</strong> façon réaliste un <strong>gel</strong> (et encore moins une<br />

<strong>diminution</strong>) <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité.<br />

9600 Forest Road BETHESDA MD 20814 board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org


La Fondation du Lycée Français International <strong>de</strong> Washington<br />

Lycée Rochambe<strong>au</strong><br />

<strong>Réponse</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>pétition</strong> <strong>visant</strong> <strong>au</strong> <strong>gel</strong> (<strong>ou</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>diminution</strong>) <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité p<strong>ou</strong>r une durée <strong>de</strong> trois ans<br />

Reply to the petition requesting a three year school tuition fees’ freeze (or <strong>de</strong>crease)<br />

2<br />

N<strong>ou</strong>s ne p<strong>ou</strong>vons que v<strong>ou</strong>s assurer limiter <strong>au</strong> minimum nécessaire l’évolution <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité,<br />

s<strong>ou</strong>tenu en ce<strong>la</strong> par le Proviseur.<br />

N<strong>ou</strong>s comprenons <strong>la</strong> préoccupation qu’expriment <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> parents en s<strong>ou</strong>mettant une telle <strong>pétition</strong>.<br />

S’il existait un moyen <strong>de</strong> <strong>gel</strong>er <strong>ou</strong> <strong>de</strong> réduire les <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité, n<strong>ou</strong>s serions heureux <strong>de</strong> p<strong>ou</strong>voir le<br />

mettre en œuvre dès lors qu’il ne remettrait pas en c<strong>au</strong>se <strong>la</strong> teneur <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> engagements déj<strong>à</strong> pris et <strong>la</strong><br />

qualité <strong>de</strong> l’enseignement dispensé par le Lycée. N<strong>ou</strong>s <strong>de</strong>meurons d’ailleurs <strong>ou</strong>verts <strong>à</strong> t<strong>ou</strong>te suggestion<br />

al<strong>la</strong>nt en ce sens.<br />

P<strong>ou</strong>r t<strong>ou</strong>te question, suggestion <strong>ou</strong> information complémentaire concernant les présentes, n’hésitez<br />

pas <strong>à</strong> n<strong>ou</strong>s contacter via c<strong>ou</strong>rrier électronique <strong>à</strong> l’adresse suivante board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org.<br />

Restant <strong>à</strong> votre éc<strong>ou</strong>te, n<strong>ou</strong>s v<strong>ou</strong>s s<strong>ou</strong>haitons une bonne fin d’année sco<strong>la</strong>ire <strong>au</strong> sein du Lycée<br />

Rochambe<strong>au</strong>.<br />

Bien sincèrement,<br />

Catherine Schaeffer<br />

Prési<strong>de</strong>nte du Conseil d’Administration<br />

Stéphanie Kamaruzzaman<br />

Comité Communication<br />

9600 Forest Road BETHESDA MD 20814 board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org


La Fondation du Lycée Français International <strong>de</strong> Washington<br />

Lycée Rochambe<strong>au</strong><br />

<strong>Réponse</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>pétition</strong> <strong>visant</strong> <strong>au</strong> <strong>gel</strong> (<strong>ou</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>diminution</strong>) <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité p<strong>ou</strong>r une durée <strong>de</strong> trois ans<br />

Reply to the petition requesting a three year school tuition fees’ freeze (or <strong>de</strong>crease)<br />

3<br />

June 10, 2010<br />

Dear parents,<br />

Y<strong>ou</strong> may be aware of a petition circu<strong>la</strong>ting within the Rochambe<strong>au</strong> community, and requiring a three<br />

year school tuition fees’ freeze (or even a reduction).<br />

Having had the opportunity to talk with the petition’s <strong>au</strong>thor, we exp<strong>la</strong>ined to him that the F<strong>ou</strong>ndation<br />

is not in a position of making such a commitment.<br />

On one hand, several contractual obligations are currently binding the Lycee Rochambe<strong>au</strong> and<br />

preventing us from contemp<strong>la</strong>ting such an option:<br />

Lycee Rochambe<strong>au</strong>’s Conventionnement with the AEFE, as recently renewed, entails the payment<br />

to the AEFE of an annual 6% contribution on the school’s tuition fees starting year 2011-2012;<br />

the current collective agreements’ negotiations between the F<strong>ou</strong>ndation and the Lycee’s<br />

administrative and faculty personnel does not take into consi<strong>de</strong>ration a wages’ freeze (even less a<br />

reduction) and their result will have an impact on the next three years;<br />

the Rollingwood campus’ lease agreement, due to expire, needs to be renewed, and a possible<br />

rent increase cannot be exclu<strong>de</strong>d;<br />

the mortgage/loan taken by the Lycee for its recent Forest Road campus’ renovation and<br />

expansion shall be duly executed;<br />

generally, the usual annual increase in operational costs (<strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong>pite <strong>ou</strong>r policy to carefully manage<br />

the school’s expenditures) shall be accommodated.<br />

On the other hand, the <strong>de</strong>termination of the level of the school’s tuition fees inclu<strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> the following<br />

factors:<br />

maintaining an acceptable number of stu<strong>de</strong>nts per c<strong>la</strong>ss;<br />

maintaining a dynamic education of high quality, with a faculty staff of great standards (achieved<br />

thr<strong>ou</strong>gh continu<strong>ou</strong>s training) and a<strong>de</strong>quate educational res<strong>ou</strong>rces and tools;<br />

maintaining and/or improving a pleasant and safe environment within all three campuses.<br />

The above <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong>cribed constraints, together with <strong>ou</strong>r willingness to consolidate <strong>ou</strong>r three campuses into<br />

two in a near future, do not allow the F<strong>ou</strong>ndation to realistically consi<strong>de</strong>r a tuition fees’ freeze (and<br />

even less a reduction) for the next three years.<br />

We can only reassure y<strong>ou</strong> that the tuition fees’ future increase will be strictly limited to its necessary<br />

minimum, thanks to the Head of School’s constant support.<br />

9600 Forest Road BETHESDA MD 20814 board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org


La Fondation du Lycée Français International <strong>de</strong> Washington<br />

Lycée Rochambe<strong>au</strong><br />

<strong>Réponse</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>pétition</strong> <strong>visant</strong> <strong>au</strong> <strong>gel</strong> (<strong>ou</strong> <strong>à</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>diminution</strong>) <strong><strong>de</strong>s</strong> <strong>frais</strong> <strong>de</strong> sco<strong>la</strong>rité p<strong>ou</strong>r une durée <strong>de</strong> trois ans<br />

Reply to the petition requesting a three year school tuition fees’ freeze (or <strong>de</strong>crease)<br />

4<br />

We fully un<strong>de</strong>rstand the concerns expressed by the parents submitting such a petition.<br />

If any means of freezing (or even reducing) the school fees existed, we w<strong>ou</strong>ld be more than happy to<br />

consi<strong>de</strong>r them, provi<strong>de</strong>d they w<strong>ou</strong>ld not question the Lycee’s current commitments and quality of<br />

education. We remain open to any suggestions going into this direction.<br />

Sh<strong>ou</strong>ld y<strong>ou</strong> have any questions, suggestions or need further information on the above, please do not<br />

hesitate to contact us via email at the following address: board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org – always<br />

enc<strong>ou</strong>raging y<strong>ou</strong> to engage in a useful and constructive dialogue with us.<br />

Please enjoy the rest of the school year within Lycee Rochambe<strong>au</strong>!<br />

Sincerely,<br />

Catherine Schaeffer<br />

Board of trustees - Presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />

Stéphanie Kamaruzzaman<br />

Communication committee - Chair<br />

9600 Forest Road BETHESDA MD 20814 board@rochambe<strong>au</strong>.org

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