Private education: the Ionis tribunal awaits the former rector of Versailles

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Education

Grande École

Kira Mitrofanova

14.10.2023 at 12:00

For the past few months, Charlene Avenel, the new head of a powerful private education group, has been looking to make connections with universities and research. However, a harassment scandal at her former academy leaves her vulnerable. Charlene Avenel (center) on the Versailles campus in November 2022. She was appointed by the former chancellor of Versailles Academy this summer to a leadership position at Ionis Education Group.

Charlene Avenel (center) on the Versailles campus in November 2022. She was appointed by the former chancellor of Versailles Academy this summer to a leadership position at Ionis Education Group. Juliette Avot / SIPA. The announcement, made on July 12 when schoolyards were empty, went almost unnoticed. At the beginning of the school year, the rector of the Versailles Academy became CEO of the Ionis Group.

But having just taken office, 45-year-old ENA alumnus Charlene Avenel, who studied with Emmanuel Macron in the Senghor group, was caught up with her past. On Sept. 5, a teenage victim of molestation took his own life at his home in Poissy, Evelyn. In the spring, the Versailles provost's office threatened to sue his parents for defamation when they warned of the administration's inaction. "It's a disgrace, a disgrace!" - attacked Gabriel Attal, the new education minister, when BFMTV broke the story.

Private Education Ionis. Challenges.