The former girls' school
It was only after the publication of the Guillot Act of 28 June 1833, organising primary education, that the assumption of primary education became a subject in the municipal council.
There were already two elementary schools for girls, one held until at least 1826, by Anne Mulot, a nun, the other since 1801 by Marie Catherine Renard (1774-1845), who still practised in 1839.
The mayor, Claude Beau, decided to build a building on his own money in 1832 to serve as a school home for boys and girls, but as teacher Marquemont pointed out in 1835, there could be no mixed premises.
Therefore, the municipality had to look for a place to rent and furnish it with the necessary equipment. The city council voted on the budget.
In 1837, the new mayor Renoux proposed the creation of a girls' school. The board acceded to this request but decided not to undertake the expenses before its resources permitted.
Two years later, at the end of 1839, the Prefect ordered the three municipalities of Saint Germain, Yquebeuf and Cailly to found a primary school for girls. Although the mayor of Saint Germain was reluctant (he only consented to participation for poor children) the decision was made. The premises were found, the furniture bought, the teacher recruited: the second communal school was opened.
Pauline Lefrançois, sister Apolline, was appointed as teacher, replaced in 1841 by Pauline Bisson, 23. She and her sister Louise ran the boarding school for girls, which had nine residents in 1846.
The doctor of the General Hospice, Raoul Brunon, revealed in 1907 that his mother, a resident in Cailly with Pauline Bisson, was at the same time as Delphine Couturier, a native of Rue Saint Pierre, whose story, according to Georges Dubosc, a journalist writer, inspired Flaubert for his heroine Emma Bovary.
