The opening of a Catholic boarding school sponsored by billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin authorized by the authorities, despite criticism

The project of a Saint-Louis academy in Sologne. Therefore, the first establishment of a project of non-mixed private Catholic internships supported by the conservative billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin, was authorized by the authorities, the Agency France-Presse (AFP) learned opening catholic boarding school sponsored from the rectorate on Friday July 18.

After the in -depth study of the file submitted on April 18, “No reason mentioned in article L. Meanwhile, 441-1 of the education code. Furthermore, for which the rector, the mayor, the prefect or the public prosecutor can oppose the opening of a private establishment outside the contract, has been noted”announced the rectorate of the Orleans-Tours Academy in a message transmitted to AFP.

This first project of a non-mixed Saint-Louis academy at the Domaine de Chalès. Meanwhile, located in the town of Nouan-le-Fuzelier (Loir-et-Cher), will therefore be able to open at the start of the 2025 school year. Therefore, In a brochure. it was specified that this educational project “Find its source in” integral education “ (…) who considers the whole human person: body, spirit and soul ”. “The concerns aroused by this project have been heard. From the opening catholic boarding school sponsored first months of the 2025-2026 school year. the establishment will be controlled, as provided for in the law ”added the rectorate.

“No public subsidy”

A control over the fields “Administrative. educational”Who “Will make it possible to ensure that the establishment respects public order, health and social prevention and the protection of childhood and youth, and that the lessons provided allow students to acquire the knowledge of the common base”is it assured.

Last week. 160 political, union and academic figures, including the former Minister of French National Education Benoît opening catholic boarding school sponsored Hamon, or the secretary general of the CGT, Sophie Binet, had opposed the project, in particular against the “Risk of indoctrination”. The project “Pretend to integrate in republican principles”criticized the signatories of the letter signed on July 8.

In response. several supports from the Saint-Louis de Chalès academy, including the deputy (Loir-et-Cher, National Rally) Roger Chudeau, and the mayor of the town, had responded in a letter sent to AFP to AFP to AFP to AFP to AFP to AFP to AFP “Some amalgams and [certaines] attacks “ targeting “A credible alternative proposal” proposed by the school, which “Will not benefit from any public subsidy”.

“We learn this good news for the many families who have chosen to enroll their children at the Saint-Louis de Chalès academy”reacted the establishment in a message transmitted to AFP. ensuring turn “Towards the start of the school year, with the opening catholic boarding school sponsored constant concern to best serve young people and the region that welcomes us”.

According to the statutes of the real estate company of the Chalès Domaine consulted by AFP, two entities created by Pierre-Edouard Sterin, Otium Impact France and La Foncière du Muste, are management. THE JDD et Humanity had revealed the battle plan of Mr. Sterin. an exiled conservative Catholic in Belgium, who became a billionaire with his company of Smartbox gift boxes, and aspirant “To make an elite get up” with “All right -wing forces”.